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mknod · 3799 days ago · link · · parent · post: قلب, meaning 'Heart' is a programming language that uses Arabic strings
It is still amazing how much computing is still based in the english language. It's hard for me to even think about how an assembler language would be made using non-english or at the very least non-germanic language. Would the assembler have to understand UTF-8? I guess though when it comes down to it, you're just moving registers/pointers so there must be some layer of abstraction between the object code and the translation no matter what.
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scriptingsoul · 3798 days ago · link ·
Exactly. I think this is a misstep because it ironically introduces another language barrier to programming. The message is clear and it's good, but it deters away from all of us being united by code.