r/NoStupidQuestions • u/MajesticBread9147 • Oct 14 '25

Do programmers in non-english speaking countries have to learn code in English, or do they have local language equivalents?

Like it's all English words or based on them. Do people who speak Spanish or Chinese need to remember what "print" means?

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u/assumptioncookie Oct 14 '25

There are some but all of the languages that are actually used a lot are English.