I ask because sometimes I feel very silly when writing clumsily in English and even sillier when I have to look up how to spell a particular word.

I want to know if I’m the only idiot that it happens to or if on the contrary it’s something generalized.

(Mi idioma es el Español, por cierto)

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    25 days ago

    German here.

    I am not writing anything in my code in German. All of my code, my variables, my default texts, my comments, my documentation, my UI strings, etc. are always and explicitly in English.

    The only German I use, is when I provide translations for UI or documentation.

  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
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    25 days ago

    This is expected Canadian source code:

    // cache the colour in case we need it later for the neighbour
    color = fetchColor();
    neighbor.color = color;
    

    When language keywords are all written in American English it’s foolish to try to author your code in a different language. But comments are fair game.