"Alfred Hilscher" <Alfred.Hilscher@icn.siemens.de> wrote in message
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>
> Jean-Marc Bourguet wrote:
> > I find quite easy to use programming languages in which keywords are not
> > in my mother language. As a matter of fact, it is perhaps easier, as
>
> I prefer english keywords, too.  If I imagine a program written for
> example in german (my nativ language) it looks for me more to be a joke:
>
> W�hrend I > 0 tue
>   I := I - 1;
> Ende w�hrend;
>
>
> What is the opinion of people with a different character set, e.g.
> Chinese, Arabian, Russian ?

I prefer English, too, but perhaps it comes from that DOS and Windows, what
I have used, has been a little restrictive against letters not belonging to
the basic ASCII character set. In other words I am not sure the *odd*
characters are not causing any unexpected behavior in some level starting
from for example DOS file naming system. Perhaps it is just a question of
being too familiar with the basic ASCII character set (brainwashed against
something odd) .

Niin kauan kuin I>0 suorita
  I := I - 1;
  N�ytt�p��tteen_lukum��r� := N�ytt�p��tteen_lukum��r� + 1;
Loppu Niin kauan kuin;

Anders Wirzenius

anders.wirzenius@pp.qnet.fi