| Because English is the international language of business, just like French is the international language of diplomacy. Anyone from any country who wants to become a diplomat must learn French. Anyone who wants to do business internationally must learn English. Computer languages are based around business needs, and so they are developed in English.
Related to that is that the majority of major software developers are based in English-speaking countries, or in countries that have widely adopted the "English as business language" concept.
It's also somewhat easier because the English character set is very easy to display on modern computers, as it has an extremely limited alphabet. So it is easier to write code in a language that has a very small set of possible characters. |