On May 14, 11:25 am, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2008 09:36:28 -0700 (PDT), Dave Parker > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in > comp.lang.python: > > > > ... there's something that feels very unnatural about writing English as > > > code. > > > I think it is ironic that you think Flaming Thunder is unnatural > > because it is more English-like, when being English-like was one of > > Python's goals: "Python was designed to be a highly readable language. > > It aims toward an uncluttered visual layout, using English keywords > > frequently where other languages use punctuation." > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)#Syntax_and... > > I'd consider the emphasis to be "keywords ... punctuation", whereas > "English" is just a qualifier... > > If you want to follow this to the limit, the ^ vs ** would > disappear... > > let x be y raised to z
I'm doubting that anyone would rely on a natural language programming language written by someone who has misunderstood other's post 3-4 times, and have misquoted news story several times because of his misunderstanding. If he can't even understand English text properly, how could he write a natural language parser? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
