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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by timerol on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:07PM (#21356990)
As mentioned in the top comment on this article, this is why the software community avoids fractures by programming entirely in FORTRAN. /s

Your comment is an argument against any new programming language.

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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by yorwba on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:14PM (#21357068)
Yes. Any new programming language needs to offer something more than just different syntax if it wants to be used by more than just a handful of people.
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