Re:Show HN: Han – A Korean programming language written in Rust
by WillAdams on Saturday March 14, 2026 @08:13PM
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Using actual Korean words rather than transliterations greatly aids readability --- I can still remember stumbling over the transliteration of "Walker Hotel" when taking Korean at the Presidio of Monterey, and pretty much everyone else had the same problem.
One distinction though: Han uses actual Korean words, not transliterations. 함수 means "function" in Korean, 만약 means "if" — they're real words Korean speakers already know.
Your example uses transliterations like 펀크 and 아래이 which would look odd to a Korean reader. That difference matters for readability.