[WikiEN-l] MediaWiki is getting a new programming language

[stevertigo]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:21 AM, <WJhonson at 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