Does one's native spoken language affect quality of code?

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Published on 2010-09-17T05:56:54Z Indexed on 2011/01/30 15:32 UTC
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There is a school of thought in linguistics that problem solving is very much tied to the syntax, semantics, grammar, and flexibility of one's own native spoken language.

Working with various international development teams, I can clearly see a mental culture (if you will) in the codebase. Programming language aside, the German coding is quite different from my colleagues in India. As well, code is distinctly different in Middle America as it is in Coastal America (actually, IBM noticed this years ago).

Do you notice with your international colleagues (from ANY country) that coding style and problem solving are in-line with native tongues?

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