Well I think you know that isn't what I said. You half-read what I wrote and responded. Creating even higher barriers for people isn't the way to openness.
<<I don't know if "programmability by a non-technical users" is a major requirement.>>
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thu, Jul 2, 2009 8:47 pm Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] MediaWiki is getting a new programming language
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM, wjhonson@aol.com wrote:
?The language chosen will hopefully be as ENGLISH-like as possible, even it
that means it requires more typing.? The hyper-complex and excessively structured codes of most languages make it difficult for the vast majority of our contributors to even try to make a break into them.
In addition to that, English-like languages are easier for programmers in
other languages to pick up because they seem more sensible than learning a whole new set of obscure codewords and symbols.? A language that uses "AND" instead of "&", "+" or "[]".? A language that uses "NOT" instead of "-", "/" or "_".
I don't know if "programmability by a non-technical users" is a major requirement. The real requirements are: 1) Secure 2) Fast 3) Sane, maintainable language 4) Existing interpreter. (Therefore, existing language...)
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