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by dntbnmpls 2213 days ago
> I do not see programming language as English. Sure it may use alphabet and borrow some english word but to me it still hardly english.

Assembly language was invented and created in english to make it easier for english speaking developers to program. Nobody wants to program machine code.

Then higher level languages were invented to make it easier for english speaking developers to program. Nobody wants to write assembly code.

If java, javascript, C#, C, C++, etc aren't english language programming languages, then what language is it? Spanish? Japanese? Swedish?
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matz1 2213 days ago
>If java, javascript, C#, C, C++, etc aren't english language programming languages, then what language is it?

What languages? Its a language in its own right. Its a programming language. Specifically java, javascript, C#, C, C++ language.

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dntbnmpls 2212 days ago
You are being deceptive here. The original point is "How do you deal with programming languages' being so based on English?"

Nobody is saying that C or C# is the english language. Of course C and C# are programming languages. You aren't saying anything of importance here. But it is based on the english language using english words to help english speakers write programs.

I already gave you the history of the development of computer programming languages.

"Assembly language was invented and created in english to make it easier for english speaking developers to program. Nobody wants to program machine code.

Then higher level languages were invented to make it easier for english speaking developers to program. Nobody wants to write assembly code."

If you disagree then go read the AT&T or Intel manuals and tell me what language the syntax was written in. Go read the C grammar/syntax or the standard library, what natural language are they written in?

Chinese? Russian? Swedish?

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