cant we survive without english

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

brianwelsch

Well, first, there's no proof of Dubya's personal habits, so the wanking part of John's statement is right out. BW

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Nish Nishant

jitAtran wrote:

In india its becoming like u need better english than technical skills if u want to suceed as a s/w engineer.

Not just in India, it's the same everywhere.

jitAtran wrote:

Today I told my boss regarding my colleague that "I will inform this to him". and he burst out to laughing...coz he was a she(umm..I mean my colleague was a lady)

Referring to a woman as "he" seems to be a little odd - what's that got to do with the complexity of the language? I bet you are glad she didn't hear you say that :-)

jitAtran wrote:

Now a days regularly I am dreaming about coding in my mother tounge..

My native tongue is Malayalam, and while I think it's a cool language, I wouldn't remotely want to write code in it. :eek: Regards, Nish

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Marc Clifton

Douglas Troy wrote:

if "everything" is outsourced to China

That's actually a really interesting issue. The gov't has historically been strict (but also stupid) about determining what's a national security interest and what isn't, and hence restricts who works on things, what clearances they have, where they do the work, etc. But let's look at the private sector. I asked my girlfriend's brother who works for a major credit card company, how do you protect your outsourced software? The answer was very interesting--the Indian programmers work on systems that are very very locked down. First of all, they don't store any of the work on their own systems--they basically are controlling a remote system. Second, the file system is completely crippled--you can't read or write anything locally. Third, even doing screenshots or copy-paste to a local app is impossible. So that basically leaves taking pictures of the code with a camera. And to deal with that, the centers that these programmers work in are supposedly highly secured. Now, the funny thing, you and I both know that the reality is probably a bit "different", but who knows, maybe not.

Douglas Troy wrote:

could take on all new meaning ...

It's inevitable. Half the world's population, sooner or later, will not only influence but essentially put the final seal on a global economy, both as consumers and producers. Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

peterchen

idiot, not wanker. With all that alcohol the first thing to go is the beam support.

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Paul Conrad

jitAtran wrote:

I mean my colleague was a lady

Colleague can refer to a man or a woman. Here is the definition of colleague from dictionary.com for anyone learning English or using English as a second language: A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate So, jitAtran, calling your female co-worker a 'colleague' is not weird :) Hope this helps people learning English, Paul

Nish Nishant

computerguru92382 wrote:

So, jitAtran, calling your female co-worker a 'colleague' is not weird Hope this helps people learning English,

:confused: He referred to her as "he" - it was that, that caused him trouble. Regards, Nish

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English 312,757,646 Chinese 132,301,513 Japanese 86,300,000 Spanish 80,593,698 German 56,853,104 French 40,974,004 Korean 33,900,000 Portuguese 32,372,000 Italian 28,870,000 Russian 23,700,000 from: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm[^]

Tarakeshwar Reddy

I think things are getting better. Lot more training and communication sessions are conducted in most of the companies these days. Lets be proud that we are dealing with so many languages daily. My native tounge is Telugu. The native language of the place I was born is Tamil. The first language in school was English, 2nd Language was Sanskrit, 3rd Language was Hindi. I guess this has been the case for most of the Indians out here. It wouldnt take 100 years as quoted by someone, may be 10-15 years thing would be more different as students are taking more pains in knowing the language. Tarakeshwar .net Developer(c# , Asp.net)

Nish Nishant

You'd think with 1 billion people, at least one Indian language would make that list. But we have different languages for different states. Regards, Nish

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