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by krastanov 1808 days ago
I think you have already been underestimating the quality of resources available in French, Russian, German, and others, that do not exist in English. Just as a single example, the math section of the French Wikipedia was distinctly superior to the English one when I was in college (2012).
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If you're into OCaml, French is a very handy language to know in my experience
I can testify to the superiority of the math sections in French Wikipedia. They were so good I lost many hours just wandering.
France's #1 export product us culture so I am not at all surprised. They also invest lots of money in this. French cultural centeres abroad are more funded and in many ways better than any other embassy operation.
When I was into university, lots of great 3D papers were available in German.