My impression is that C was designed for people who could not type rapidly. I agree, once you really know the syntax and all the commands, shorter is better. But one has to get to that point somehow! For instance, we could type English more rapidly if long words like 'impression' were replaced with shorter strings like '#2367'. But one does have to give some weight to the fact that the former is easier to remember than the latter. COBOL is crazy, since it uses English instead of the common math symbols. But Pascal is about right. Having easily deciphered command names soon pays for itself in less debugging--that is for everyone who does not place a high cost on typing a few extra characters.
Kevin replied:
What the heck is wrong with that? Add current-amount to balance-amount. Yeah that's just crazy!
Kevin T. - VRWC just having fun
Programming languages that use English-like commands make programs much easier to follow -- if you know English. Programming languages that are much more symbolic and less "natural language" oriented make programs that can more easily be interpreted by people who speak a variety of (non-programming) languages.
Reggie Bautista Diversity Rocks Maru
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