From: Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date: 2005-10-07T15:04:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Can ruby replace c?

Selon Mitch <idylls@gmail.com>:

>
> I am starting to wonder what languages will look like when we hit the
> Z programming language. Theoretically it is all over then, I mean we
> are out of letters unless we start using Greek or Russian or Japanese
> characters.
>

Some have already started with Hebrew letters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alef_programming_language
(and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afnix_programming_language used to be called
Aleph)

:)

> Although would you really want to program in the beta language?

Some people would, it seems:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BETA

 Or
> alpha for that matter?
>

Can't find Alpha but Alphard exists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphard_programming_language

Anyway, since we have Unicode we shouldn't feel limited to the Latin alphabet.
Let's make a language named after a Tibetan letter! ;)
--
Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

It takes a straight mind to create a twisted conlang.