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user-inactivated · 3798 days ago · link · · parent · post: قلب, meaning 'Heart' is a programming language that uses Arabic strings
Because if we didn't all use the same language, sharing software with each other would be much more difficult. Same reason scientific writing used to be in Latin.
scriptingsoul · 3797 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.