Fwd: What is the best natural language for the code-base?

Purists will be horrified.... but I truly love the language of the so-called
"Coloured" (of mixed ancestry) peoples of Southern Africa.

They have selected the most pungent and apt words, phrases, accents and
idioms from 11 different languages....

The result can be quite stunning, and usually leaving the listener in no
doubt as to the meaning, intent and specifically the emotion being
expressed!

So go ahead! Mix it up! (Maybe leave some comments in the most "global"
language as an introduction to the "local" word or idiom being used.)


On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:44 AM, w-p <[email protected]> wrote:

> > So, if a team is working on a proprietary, non-globalized solution,
> should
> > they use English or a local language?
>
> It depends. In some countries, English is taught at school for almost
> everyone. So you won't have that much trouble with programmers from such
> countries. If your fellow programmers do not speak english, you may have
> a problem. But that problem probably runs both ways if the native
> english people do not understand them either.
>
> If you need, you could add translation comments in the code.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Willem Bogaerts
>
> Applicatiesmid
> Kratz B.V.
> http://www.kratz.nl/
>
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