Are all programming languages based on English? - eviltoast

If you’re from a non English speaking country, do you first have to learn English if you want to get into programming?

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Brainfuck certainly isn’t. Most assembly languages use opcodes that are sorta English abbreviations, like STA for Store value in the A register. I haven’t done much work in assembly but I think there are several standards which don’t strictly speaking use English keywords.

    I do recall hearing of a language described as “You can write in it in any language” I guess meaning the various bits of syntax are done with special characters? I forget which it is.