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

[Mark Wagner]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 19:23, <wjhonson at aol.com> wrote:
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>  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.
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> 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 "_".

Every few years, English-derived programming languages become
fashionable as a solution for programming being difficult, and every
few years, another generation of advocates discovers that it isn't the
obscure codewords and symbols that make programming difficult.

-- 
Mark
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