On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:21 AM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
Neil let me just point out in counter-point that the two longest-living third-generation langages, COBOL and BASIC are both still alive and well. Both use a most English-like foundation. Is Python more represented in want-ads ? Most businesses still use older generation languages, regardless of what is being taught in university.
Ball-and-chain legacy issues substantiate your argument?
Note my usage of "parasitic" earlier may have been a bit mistated - no programming language is really "parasitic" to any natural language, it just borrows certain concepts and words from it.
In reality I don't think anyone disagrees with your basic point. But if you dislike Lua, Python, etc. because they aren't similar enough to English, then usenet.tonal.clara's
-Steve