I think it’s a good idea to use English as the programming language of choice, simply because 98% of the tools and API’s we use are in English too.

Indeed it can be difficult some times to having to constantly be thinking in a language that is not your native speech, but I feel that mixing 2 languages and having to switch between them the whole time should be at least as fatiguing.

How about documenting your code in both English and Dutch? It’s perfectly possible to do, allows anyone who knows English to understand your code, and makes it easier for yourself to keep track of what you’re doing.

It’s how I do it, and it makes me feel happy

since finance and accounting is a world-wide practice, wouldn’t the same concepts exist no matter what language?

were humans. we are essentially the same people. in this case following the same endevours. just because we use differnt sounds to describe things, does that make the things different?

http://www.mendosa.com/snow.html

so, what’s wrong with picking one language? it could be worse than picking that mess of a language called “English”, it could be … Esperanto …?

I work for a Dutch company called Rhinofly. Here we have the same policy when it comes to coding standards: everything in English. We indeed come across the same problems. We decided we would stick to english. If there are more words available in English for the dutch word, we select the best fitting and understandable word available. Translations indeed at times may be strange, but it has payed off for us. English words used for specific dutch objects become easier to work with over time and translation in a conversation becomes more natural.

Greetz Erik