Re:Baidu File System – A distributed file system for real-ti...
by hardwaresofton on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @07:19AM
(#12786919)
Why is there rarely any non-english-language documentation for most codebases nowadays? The world doesn't revolved around english-speaking countries.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Baidu File System – A distributed file system for real-ti...
by thegeomaster on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @07:29AM
(#12786964)
Because English is the lingua franca of the software industry, and developers are usually expected to know English, no matter where they're from.
Re:Baidu File System – A distributed file system for real-ti...
by hardwaresofton on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @07:55AM
(#12787097)
The point of my comment was, that shouldn't necessarily be the case forever, and it might not be reasonable to expect it to be.
Re:Baidu File System – A distributed file system for real-ti...
by thegeomaster on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:15AM
(#12787204)
Sure, nothing ever stays the same, but I think that for the foreseeable future, we can reasonably expect English to stay the universal language of software development. It's the default foreign language people learn in their home countries for a lot of reasons, so a lot of people who want to get into the field already have at least a basic understanding of English. This aids them in learning and communication with other developers, and it's just too convenient to be displaced any time soon.
Re:Baidu File System – A distributed file system for real-ti...
by justincormack on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @07:35AM
(#12786987)
Because it is a lot of work. Nginx always had good Russian docs, for reasons you can guess.