On May 15, 11:08 am, Carsten Haese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > Once the students learn Python and realize that there are lots of Python > resources "out there" that are only in English, that will be a > motivation for them to learn English. Requiring all potential Python > programmers to learn English first (or assuming that they know English > already) is an unacceptable barrier of entry.
One the big concerns seems to be a hypothesized negative impact on code sharing. Nobody has considered the positive impact resulting from making Python more accessible to non-English speakers, some of whom will go on to become wiling and able to contribute open "English python" code to the community. This positive impact may well outweigh the negative. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
