Since code is shared across many different countries, we cannot be too wishy-washy about which one to use. English is rated as "the most influential language in the world" in terms of how many countries use it and the socio-economic standing of these countries. I hate to be the one to push English (as a native speaker myself), but as you can see others on this thread recommend it, even though it is not their native tongue. By all means, I do not promote destroying cultures, but learning a common language brings us all closer together. :)
I like the sentiment, but might I point out that the early inventors of television believed that it might end war by showing the great similarities between peoples and nations.
And that from domestic violence to wars, we tend to fight those who are next-door, closest to us in mind body and spirit.
(If you are not too sure about that, think how easily a rural Shinto Chinese would be able to explain the vast differences between Christianity and Islam)
Yeah that was dumb of me. I may have been thinking Shenism, but I am sure there are some Shinto Chinese.
Anyway the point I am making still holds I think - you can barely squeeze a credit card between Islam and Christianity if viewed from a distance - yet billions are on the edge because of the "vast gulf" between the religious
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Since code is shared across many different countries, we cannot be too wishy-washy about which one to use. English is rated as "the most influential language in the world" in terms of how many countries use it and the socio-economic standing of these countries. I hate to be the one to push English (as a native speaker myself), but as you can see others on this thread recommend it, even though it is not their native tongue. By all means, I do not promote destroying cultures, but learning a common language brings us all closer together. :)