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Re:Douglas Crockford: Why I removed comments from JSON by mseebach on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @06:24AM (#3913677)
> Likewise, programmers will probably still be referring to "if" statements and "for" loops long after no English speakers remain.

Or, in reverse; I knew what those words did in BASIC before I knew what they meant in English (which isn't my native language).

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Re:Douglas Crockford: Why I removed comments from JSON by kolinko on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @07:18AM (#3913791)
Same here :)
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