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by the_solution
4258 days ago
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You're missing the point comletely. There needs to be a common, agreed on ("standard") intercommunication language for exchange of knowledge to happen. For computer science related things, programming in particular, this is english. This happened historically because a lot of the development took place in the US and it is also a good choice, because english is easy to learn (I'm no native speaker btw.).
Had computers been developed mainly in china I would very likely write to you in chinese at this moment (which would be a bad choice because it is badly suited as a global intercommunication language). But they weren't and english is the lowest common denominator everyone doing CS is required to know. Hell, anything on the internet.
If you deviate from this than you hinder the free exchange of knowledge and ideas which is bad. Do not use any language other than english in public code. It is a bad idea because it needlessly alienates the larger part of mankind.
It's not about "having it my way" or having others cater to my needs. I'm not advocating it because it is the easier choice for me, but because it is the better choice in the big picture. |
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OK, I guess your experience as a non-native speaker validates that claim?
I don't see how the claim "English is easy to learn" is obvious on an international level.
> I'm not advocating it because it is the easier choice for me,
But it also is an easier choice for me. Doesn't matter if you're a native speaker or not, since you're obviously comfortable with it.
(On this topic I also see a lot of "I wish everyone would just write in English/speak English in these contexts, and I'm not even a native speaker!", implying that they're an unbiased party. No, if you have a good command of the language, you're about as biased as any native speaker on this debate, really.)