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by niccaluim 3764 days ago
Yeah, it's definitely the case that having a common language enables collaboration. What I imagine is kids who don't speak English getting interested in programming and learning the basics in their mother tongue, then moving to English programming as they get more advanced. Basically my hypothesis is that it's easier to jump one hurdle at a time than it is to jump two at the same time.