cant we survive without english

Gary Wheeler

Software Zen: delete this;

Dinuj Nath

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realJSOP

You're an idiot. I hope I didn't confuse you by spelling words completely (and correctly). ------- sig starts "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

Michael P Butler

That's like no language on Earth Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]

Roger Alsing 0

I guess it depends on what you are doing. since india has lots of outsourcing jobs (and i guess sub consultants to the outsourcing firms to?) there must be a need for good english.. if you work more with domestic customers i gues its more OK with bad english since you wont be killed if you use eg swedish in your code. (ok it might seem bad , but since all customers will describe their problemdomain in their own language there is not much need to translate their business specific terms to anything else) ok maybe this didnt make any sense at all :P

Dinuj Nath

:-D

Marc Clifton

Dinuj Nath wrote:

In 100 years english will wipe out all the languages in India.

That's ok. India will wipe out all programmers in America. (Actually, China will wipe us both out, and I don't think China will learn English). Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson -- modified at 8:52 Thursday 4th May, 2006

toxcct

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Christopher Duncan

jitAtran wrote:

My dear planetmates, its high time for all the nations to sit together to invent a language which is acceptable by everyone as global language

Apparantly, this has already happened. It's called English. :-D And all kidding aside, what makes you think that the entire collection of nations on Earth could agree on anything? Christopher Duncan Practical Strategy Consulting Author of The Career Programmer Unite the Tribes -- modified at 9:15 Thursday 4th May, 2006

realJSOP

I thought it was universally accepted that George Bush is a power-hungry wanker. ------- sig starts "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

brianwelsch

jitAtran wrote:

its high time for all the nations to sit together to invent a language which is acceptable by everyone as global language

how about English? or Esperanto[^] BW

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-- Steven Wright

brianwelsch

That's debatable. BW

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Jon Sagara

jitAtran wrote:

its high time for all the nations to sit together to invent a language which is acceptable by everyone as global language

Not gonna happen, so stop your bellyaching, roll up your sleeves, and get crackin'[^]. :) Jon Sagara When I grow up, I'm changing my name to Joe Kickass! My Site | My Blog | My Articles

V 0

In Software Development, English is imperative. If I was responsible for hiring software developers I wouldn't hire anyone if he/she didn't speak fluently english. Why? Because communication is very important and because 90% of the internet is english. Even in the same language it's sometimes difficult to communicate. (See some posts here on CP eg.) It just grew that way I guess, but developing applications in multiple languages is just X| . I do think it's very low of your boss to laugh at a mistake. Mistakes make us human. :-D Coulda, woulda, shoulda doesn't matter if you don't. :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig:

KaRl

"Real men use binary. And the most hardcore types use only zeros - uppercase zeros and lowercase zeros"

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El Corazon

Go Forth young man, and speak with a Basic Lisp. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

Aamir Butt

And that's SoapBoxable as well "Writing specifications is like writing a novel. Writing code is like writing poetry."

Lost User

brianwelsch wrote:

That's debatable.

Maths? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

Douglas Troy

Why has it not occurred to anyone in the U.S. that outsourcing all our technology (hardware and/or software) to other countries (e.g., India, China) is a National Security Problem; a very serious one at that (Hey! Let's give away the keys to the kingdom. Because that's smart!) Marc, I seriously hope you are mistaken; if "everything" is outsourced to China, then your comment:

Marc Clifton wrote:

China will wipe us both out

could take on all new meaning ... :~

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steve_hocking

We'll all have to learn Engrish[^] then... ;) :D j/k