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  • Greg
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    whats te best way to make a language easier to learn for indigenouspeople

    Lately I have been Customizing C commands into another language
    (Shona) to facilitate easier learning of C by Shona speaking people
    using pre-processor directives i.e. (#include define)

    is there a better way to have C or C++ available in another language.
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    • Sam
      #2
      Re: whats te best way to make a language easier to learn forindigenous people

      Greg writes:
      Lately I have been Customizing C commands into another language
      (Shona) to facilitate easier learning of C by Shona speaking people
      using pre-processor directives i.e. (#include define)

      is there a better way to have C or C++ available in another language.
      No. Face it, C, and pretty much all other programming languages, are written
      in English. Trying to hodge-podge a translation of the programming
      language's grammar to another (non-English) native language may seem like a
      worthwhile idea at first, but will prove to be counter-productive in the
      long run.

      What you will essentially accomplish is making them learn a programming
      language that only they will know. Even if they master their own nativ-ized
      version of C, as soon as they see a real C program, that's it. They won't
      make heads and tails of it. So, what have you really accomplish?

      You'll just have to bite the bullet, and give them a crash course in basic
      English, concurrently with studying the C programming language. English has
      become, through a series of historical events, lingua franca of all
      programming languages. Learning basic English is crucial to being able to
      communicate with other programmers.

      Occasionally I come across people trying to communicate on various technical
      topics, in my native language. It's … not a pretty sight. Trying to converse
      on programming topics in anything other than English is very painful.


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        • Kai-Uwe Bux
          #3
          Re: whats te best way to make a language easier to learn for indigenous people

          Greg wrote:
          Lately I have been Customizing C commands into another language
          (Shona) to facilitate easier learning of C by Shona speaking people
          using pre-processor directives i.e. (#include define)
          I did that once. The only consequence was that the code got totally
          obfuscated and unmaintainable. I gave up on it very soon.

          is there a better way to have C or C++ available in another language.
          I guess, what would really help is a good text book on standard C++ in that
          language.


          Best

          Kai-Uwe Bux

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            • Greg
              #4
              Re: whats te best way to make a language easier to learn forindigenous people

              point taken thanx plenta for that. what of the case of the chines/
              Japanese and the like. after reading all r comments i think a book in
              my native language with the english symbols intact is a good option. i
              am a proponent of ICT4D.

              CHEERS

              GREG
              https://WWW.ICTDI.ORG

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