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by kranner 1172 days ago
I don't know about Francophone countries, but in India business discussions are conducted in English, not Hindi.

Also:

> # यहाँ हम शून्य से शुरुआत करते हैं

"Here we start from zero"

> import random

but then it imports a module from the standard library

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Human language use, even US-UK is full of similar issues. The point is not a claim of AGI (I think neither the G nor the I is boolean, so don't find much value in the term) this is more of "hey, this is somewhat useful in this kind of situation".

FWIW, I also don't know about Francophone countries; sadly, despite the language lessons being mandatory for 5 years of my schooling, my grasp of it is so bad that even had to have my "I don't speak French" corrected.

In France business is typically conducted in French (maybe with the exception of some international companies).
Situation certainly varies from one francophone country to the other. Most of them are in Africa, where probably most people also speak other languages as mother toungue. At least for small businesses, I doubt English is the lingua franca.