On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 16:25, Deryk Barker wrote: > Thus spake Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 04:15:48AM -0700, Tom wrote: > > > [OT, sorry -- but question is obscure, will be hard to google] > > > > > > Are any non-english-speaking readers aware of High-level programming > > > languages using non-English syntax? Like, could I find a French C > > > compiler that uses "pour" instead of "for" and "si" instead of "if"? > > > > You could stick #include "francais.h" in your C source, where > > francais.h contains: > > > > #define pour for > > #define si if > > #define casser break > > > > or something like that... > > I notice we've all essentially been suggesting French *vocabulary* > rather than syntax, as originally requested...
His examples are about vocabulary; thus the discussion followed that train of thought. > However, once upon a time there was a French version of COBOL, in > which all the English words were replaced by their French equivalents > (OUVREZ for OPEN, etc). Why am I not surprised? > Incidentally, few things can compare with the bizarre appearance of > programs in COBOL (with its English keywords) written by non-English > speakers. > > I can remember seeing COBOL programs written in Norwegian and > Afrikaans, which (for the non-Norwegian and/or Afrikaans speaker) had > to be seen to be believed. Other than it being wordy, what's the difference between COBOL written by Afrikaaners and Pascal, FORTRAN, Visual Basic, C, etc? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
