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On 5/20/08, Fredrik Wendt  wrote:

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> Kevin Dean  writes:

> > > Language DOES matter. We use English on this list...

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> > Programming language. :)

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> Sorry if I wasn't clear on what I meant. I was refering to the generic case

> - be

> it spoken language, programming language, painting, music, ... If you want

> very

> active involvement of participants then they need to easily grasp the

> environment and what others have done before.

In spoken language, however, there is a de facto standard (English). When it

comes to C vs. C++, there's always a lot of people that are fluent in one

vs. a lot of people that are fluent in the other.
/ Fredrik

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On 5/20/08, Fredrik Wendt <fredrik@wendt.se> wrote:


Kevin Dean <kevin@...> writes:
 > > Language DOES matter. We use English on this list...
 >
 > Programming language. :)
 
 Sorry if I wasn't clear on what I meant. I was refering to the generic case - be


 it spoken language, programming language, painting, music, ... If you want very
 active involvement of participants then they need to easily grasp the
 environment and what others have done before.


In spoken language, however, there is a de facto standard (English). When it comes to C vs. C++, there's always a lot of people that are fluent in one vs. a lot of people that are fluent in the other. 


 / Fredrik
 



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