Thus spake Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 04:15:48AM -0700, Tom wrote: > > [OT, sorry -- but question is obscure, will be hard to google] > > > > Are any non-english-speaking readers aware of High-level programming > > languages using non-English syntax? Like, could I find a French C > > compiler that uses "pour" instead of "for" and "si" instead of "if"? > > You could stick #include "francais.h" in your C source, where > francais.h contains: > > #define pour for > #define si if > #define casser break > > or something like that...
I notice we've all essentially been suggesting French *vocabulary* rather than syntax, as originally requested... However, once upon a time there was a French version of COBOL, in which all the English words were replaced by their French equivalents (OUVREZ for OPEN, etc). I've no idea what the status of the dialent is/was. Incidentally, few things can compare with the bizarre appearance of programs in COBOL (with its English keywords) written by non-English speakers. I can remember seeing COBOL programs written in Norwegian and Afrikaans, which (for the non-Norwegian and/or Afrikaans speaker) had to be seen to be believed. -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
