Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation

2005-11-10 Thread Dan Klose
Hello, On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 11:00 +0100, Joerg Woelke wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 02:04:20PM +1300, John Fouhy wrote: > > On 10/11/05, Gregor Lingl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > but Shi Mu didn't ask for a program in English ;-) > > > > This is pretty off-topic, but --- > > > > Is it po

Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation

2005-11-10 Thread Joerg Woelke
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 02:04:20PM +1300, John Fouhy wrote: > On 10/11/05, Gregor Lingl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but Shi Mu didn't ask for a program in English ;-) > > This is pretty off-topic, but --- > > Is it possible to be a programmer and not speak English? Are there any > languages ou

Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation

2005-11-10 Thread Joerg Woelke
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 01:55:37AM +0100, Gregor Lingl wrote: > > > Liam Clarke-Hutchinson schrieb: > > German is an awesome language, I love the compound words (if that's what > > they are). What does 'Gegenuhrzeigersinn' mean in English? > > > > counterclockwise Try "Donaudampfschifffahrtska

Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation

2005-11-10 Thread Alan Gauld
> Is it possible to be a programmer and not speak English? Are there any > languages out there where the reserved words, library functions, etc. > are in (say) German? This is second-hand news so treat with caution but a colleague of mine used to work for Norsk Data in Norway writing financial pro

Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation

2005-11-09 Thread Gregor Lingl
Ismael Garrido schrieb: > John Fouhy wrote: ... > > I believe there was a version of Qbasic translated to French or Spanish. > By "translated" I mean that the keywords (reserved words) were, for > instance, "para" instead of "for", that is, their French/Spanish > counterpart. > I know that

Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation

2005-11-09 Thread Ismael Garrido
John Fouhy wrote: >On 10/11/05, Gregor Lingl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>but Shi Mu didn't ask for a program in English ;-) >> >> > >This is pretty off-topic, but --- > >Is it possible to be a programmer and not speak English? Are there any >languages out there where the reserved words,

Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation

2005-11-09 Thread Danny Yoo
> Is it possible to be a programmer and not speak English? Are there any > languages out there where the reserved words, library functions, etc. > are in (say) German? Hi John, If you're asking about if it's possible, as in technically feasible, then yes. As an example of this, see Damian Conw

Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation

2005-11-09 Thread Liam Clarke-Hutchinson
Perl seems to be written in a foreign language. ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Fouhy Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2005 2:04 p.m. To: Tutor Subject: Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation On 10/11/05, Gregor Lingl <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation

2005-11-09 Thread John Fouhy
On 10/11/05, Gregor Lingl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but Shi Mu didn't ask for a program in English ;-) This is pretty off-topic, but --- Is it possible to be a programmer and not speak English? Are there any languages out there where the reserved words, library functions, etc. are in (say) Ger

Re: [Tutor] [OT] triangulation

2005-11-09 Thread Gregor Lingl
Liam Clarke-Hutchinson schrieb: > German is an awesome language, I love the compound words (if that's what > they are). What does 'Gegenuhrzeigersinn' mean in English? > counterclockwise but Shi Mu didn't ask for a program in English ;-) Gregor > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL