jayathra

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by jayathra 2y ago
That’s impressive. But do you think your experience is typical or more of an exception? What if coding was built from the ground up to be script-agnostic—where people didn’t need to 'learn English on the side' at all? If a Finnish
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by jayathra 2y ago
For Latin-based language speakers like Spanish, Italian, or French, learning programming in English might not be a huge hurdle. But for people whose native languages use completely different scripts (Chinese, Arabic, Sinhala, etc.), the cha
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by jayathra 2y ago
What do you think is a more realistic solution? Should we focus on improving translations for documentation and learning materials, or is there a way to make programming itself less dependent on a single language?
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by jayathra 2y ago
Thanks for sharing this! The idea of removing text from programming languages is really interesting, especially for making coding more accessible to people with different language backgrounds. The paper you linked explores text-free program
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by jayathra 2y ago
APL and possibly Erlang aren’t based on English, yet they never became the global standard. Do you think it was because of technical reasons, or was it just easier for English-based languages (C, Python, JavaScript) to spread globally? If w
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by jayathra 2y ago
Localizing everything could make collaboration harder if different people refer to the same function by different names. But what if we had a system where people wrote code in their native script, and it automatically translated into a univ
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by jayathra 2y ago
That’s amazing! I have visited certain parts of the world where the access to resources are minimal in terms of learning English. I don't know the specifics of your story/background but especially when the native language doesn&#x
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by jayathra 2y ago
I love the idea of a universal intermediate language (IL) with region-specific front-ends—that could be a great way to make programming more accessible without fragmenting the ecosystem. But with AI handling more code generation, how import
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by jayathra 2y ago
ASCII and a US keyboard do keep things simple. But given that modern systems already support Unicode everywhere (from websites to filenames), do you think the complexity argument still holds today?
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by jayathra 2y ago
Do you think we’ll always be stuck in this cycle, or is it possible to design programming languages that aren’t tied to any one language, preventing this issue in the future?
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by jayathra 2y ago
But do you think they failed because they were localized per country, rather than designed for global compatibility from the start? Silent conversions could definitely be messy, but what if there were a standardized system that allowed prog
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by jayathra 2y ago
English is the global standard now, and that’s shaped programming as well. But what happens if, in the future, another language (like Hindi or Mandarin) becomes dominant? Would the programming world have to shift again? If programming were
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by jayathra 2y ago
I’m curious—do you think learning English is equally easy for everyone? Many programmers come from regions where English education is either poor or expensive. If someone is highly logical but struggles with English, should that be a barrie
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by jayathra 2y ago
Exactly! Even in low-level programming like Assembly, the core instructions are still based on English. Do you think there’s a way to design programming languages that don’t rely on English at all—not just in keywords, but in how concepts a
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by jayathra 2y ago
I see your point - having a global language certainly helps with knowledge transfer, and English has become that standard for programming. But is learning English really 'not a big deal' for everyone? For someone with limited acce
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Most of the World Can't Code
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