Coding in Other (Spoken) Languages

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Published on 2008-10-14T20:45:17Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 17:51 UTC
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Something i've always wondered, and I can't find any mention of it anywhere online. When a shop from, say Japan, writes code, would I be able to read it in english? Or do languages, like C, php, anything, have Japanese translations that they write?

I guess what i'm asking is does every single coder in the world know enough english to use the exact same reserved words I do?

Would this code:

If (i < size){
    switch
        case 1:
            print "hi there"
        default:
            print "no, thank you"
} else {
    print "yes, thank you"
}

display the exact same as I'm seeing it right now in english, or would some other non-english-speaking person see the words "if", "switch", "case", "default", "print", and "else" in their native language?

EDIT - yes, this is serious. I didn't know if different localiztions of a language have different keywords. or if there are even different localizations at all.

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