قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic

Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by eru on Friday October 25, 2019 @05:49AM (#21353342)

Well, that doesn't really solve the mystery. The German "für" doesn't have any closer connection with loops than English "for".

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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by kuschku on Friday October 25, 2019 @06:30AM (#21353545)

e.g. in Sums or Products, with

$$ Σ_(i=0)^(20) x² $$

you'd actually pronounce that as "summe für i = 0 bis 20 von x²", which is a good argument for where it might be from.

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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by eru on Saturday October 26, 2019 @09:11AM (#21363440)

Yes, though isn't that the same when pronouncing math in English? (So it's a good explanation, but doing the detour via German doesn't give us any extra enlightenment?)

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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by kuschku on Saturday October 26, 2019 @09:47AM (#21363635)

Well I don't know how it's pronounced in English, so I didn't know that, good to know though:)

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