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Re:Non-English-based programming languages by angersock on Monday September 02, 2013 @03:25PM (#6316660)
Yeah, okay:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_%28programming_language%29

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Re:Non-English-based programming languages by mistercow on Monday September 02, 2013 @06:05PM (#6317443)
Yeah, the problems there are that the symbols don't have easy to remember names, and that they can't be typed in a normal environment. Multi-character ascii symbols would be a lot more accessible.
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Re:Non-English-based programming languages by angersock on Monday September 02, 2013 @06:32PM (#6317559)
J seemed to be a good step in that direction.
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