What is "Open Language"?

[Richard Gaskin]

Alejandro Tejada wrote:
> I remember one of the premises of
> implementing Open Language.
>
> "Open Language: With the core refactoring almost
> complete (LiveCode 7.0) we’ve started to turn our
> attention to the final aspect of this project
> which is to open up the language for extension
> by anyone."
>
> Then, using Open Language,
> Could we create a translation of all Livecode
> Keywords, Scripts and API to any
> Unicode Language on Earth?
>
> Instead of English, Could we use any
> language that provides an equivalent
> translation pair of words?
>
> If this is possible, then different Universities
> all around the world could provide translations
> and test  in detail if a programming language
> in their own tongue could help students and
> professional developers to learn
> computer programming.


Maybe LiveCode can grow the most by moving beyond "English-like" to 
embrace "Mandarin-like". :)

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