Comment by gkfasdfasdf

The negative reactions here claiming that everyone should use English are really disappointing, on hacker news of all places. Nobody is saying we need to rewrite the Linux kernel in Arabic. But a language such as this could be a great tool to introduce programming to people who would otherwise be turned away by the language barrier. What is important is not the keywords for, if else, etc but the concepts of logic and computing. The more humans that can grasp these concepts, the better for all of us. Also who knows what genius lies untapped. Perhaps the next Linus or Knuth will come the streets of Baghdad, as a result of having been introduced into programming by an effort such as this one.