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The concept of foreign languages in code confuses and frightens me
But all programming language already are in a foreign language to most people.
There's also rost
Wow, that's cursed.
Why? Programming language isn't a natural language. In fact, I think not knowing English makes it easier, since you cannot attach any preconceived notions, assumptions, or word order to keywords. I learned some Pascal, Visual Basic and whatever GameMaker used at the time without being fluent in English.
Foreign? For some these languages are native. Foreign is relative.
(I'm just being pedantic, i understand that relatively to you - and me - this is foreign)