On 16 Jan., 02:02, The Music Guy <music...@alphaios.net> wrote: > Just out of curiousity, have there been any attempts to make a version > of Python that looks like actual English text?
No, but I've once written a Python dialect that uses German text. Just look at how amazing this result is !!! But be warned it requires knowledge of the German language. http://www.fiber-space.de/EasyExtend/doc/teuton/teuton.htm > I mean, so much of Python > is already based on the English language that it seems like the next > natural step would be to make a programming language which is actually a > spoken one. As you know Python 3.0 has full unicode support. Python 4.0 will be surely written in Mandarin or Hindi. > For example, the following code... > > >>> import os > > >>> def list_files(dirname): > >>> for p in os.listdir(dirname): > >>> print p > > >>> list_files("some_dir") > > foo > bar > etc > > ...might be translated as... > > >>> Import the operating system module. > > >>> Define a new function as "list files" which accepts > > "a path" and does the following: > For every item in the list returned by the operating system's > directory listing of the given path, do the following: > Print the item. > > >>> List files from "some_dir". > > foo > bar > etc > > Obviously, creating a parser capable of handling such "code" would > require a very good understanding not only of the English language but > also of how ideas expressed in spoken languages are represented in terms > that a computer can understand. Yep. Resolving ambiguities in natural languages is actually an open research topic. Moving from Python to a language that is more context dependent than Larry Wall ever dreamed about and launch an interpreter on the Enterprise is actually a worthwhile project for future generations. Kay -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
