tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post5813906452450622897..comments2023-11-10T03:29:33.585-05:00Comments on A collision of thoughts: Knol - Google's giant "We can do it better than you" to WikipediaRyan Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10660610533145562386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post-22276687888199917932008-08-15T15:11:00.000-04:002008-08-15T15:11:00.000-04:00The short answer to your question is "yes". It's ...The short answer to your question is "yes". It's not that hard to learn a few words like "while", "for", "if", etc. (a bit like learning Japanese words to do Judo or Karate, I think). But a programmer at some point is going to encounter an error message in English from some 3rd-party code library, and they'll look it up on Google and find some forum message in English about how to solve the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post-28326439315516478602008-08-14T14:40:00.000-04:002008-08-14T14:40:00.000-04:00*wips out dictionary and verb conjugation book* Th...*wips out dictionary and verb conjugation book* <BR/><BR/>This is going to be fun. Thanks for the link. One I noticed was that I was at least able to follow along (a lot of diagrams were in english). But this brings up a question I've always had: Objective-C and other computer languages uses English keywords, so does that mean that those who speak French or whatnot must have an idea or working knowledge of the English language in order to code?Ryan Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10660610533145562386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452459818330588157.post-75953415562406947572008-08-14T14:21:00.000-04:002008-08-14T14:21:00.000-04:00Hi, Ryan. This is the techiest thing you posted r...Hi, Ryan. This is the techiest thing you posted recently, so I thought this was the right place to leave this message. I stumbled across a site today which may help you with two of your interests at once: http://mac.developpez.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com