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Most of the World Can't Code

Programming is only accessible to those who understand English and the Latin alphabet.

If you don’t, your chances of becoming a programmer drop drastically - not because you lack intelligence, but because everything from syntax, documentation, and debugging tools is built in English.

Why is coding still tied to a single language? Shouldn’t anyone, regardless of their native script, be able to write Python in Japanese, Arabic, Sinhala, or Hindi - while keeping full compatibility with existing ecosystems?

Has anyone here faced or thought about this problem? What do you think the biggest challenges would be?

10 points jayathra 1 year ago 41 comments

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