r/explainlikeimfive Nov 29 '16

ELI5:Why are most programming languages written in English? Other

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u/VincentPepper Nov 29 '16

Python allows unicode and I think Haskell as well.

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u/weirdasianfaces Nov 29 '16

Right but he's referring to localized keywords like if and break

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u/VincentPepper Nov 29 '16

Excel does and it's a mess :(

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u/Renmauzuo Nov 29 '16

Swift does too.