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Non-English-Based Programming LanguagesThe recent discussion of the Chinese natural language included some speculation about what CS would look like had it not been dominated by English discourse. The critique was raised that one could postulate any number of alternate histories. However, we can do better than pure speculation by looking at natural-language-inspired Programming Languages developed in non-english-based cultures. To date I have only come acrosss a few such references to Japanse-based experiments in End User friendly programming tools. Unfortunately, they refered to non-english papers that weren't accessible to anyone unable to cross the natural language barrier. This work was of particular interest because it went beyond the mere transliteration of keywords in Western programming languages. But alas, the references I encountered were little more than second-hand existence proofs of work we should know more about. If anyone is familar with such efforts, any information and observations you could share would be most deeply appreciated. Peter J. Wasilko, Esq. Executive Director & Chief Technology Officer The Institute for End User Computing, Inc. These comments are not official IEUC positions unless otherwise noted. By Peter J. Wasilko at 2004-12-26 00:50 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 10149 reads
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