[taylodl]

APL and J aren't based on English. Several countries have developed local language-based programming languages that have simply stayed local. Global adoption of programming languages will be affected by global language, amongst other factors. English is currently the global language. Your guess is as good as mine for how long that will remain the case, but so long as English is the global lingua franca, then programming will largely be done in English.

[jayathra]

English is the global standard now, and that’s shaped programming as well. But what happens if, in the future, another language (like Hindi or Mandarin) becomes dominant? Would the programming world have to shift again?

If programming were script-agnostic from the start, we wouldn’t have to constantly adapt to shifting global languages. Instead of relying on English or any single language, shouldn’t we explore ways to make programming more accessible to all scripts from the ground up?