On 06/26/2017 03:55 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
I think it is probably generally true that the more consistent and simpler the language is, the easier it is to learn.
...and I would follow that with the (long-running by now) argument that synonyms provide for an ease-of-use facility in coding and therefore a simpler approach to using the language. For the trivial case here, if I can't remember whether the language supports "is" or "=" for variable assignments, I can use one or the other without having to interrupt my train of thought to look it up in the dictionary/guides.
One of LiveCode's strengths is the fact that there are many possible solutions to a given problem, and the xtalk language allows much flexibility in solving it. For a problem placed before any three coders, you will find at least four different solutions. Limiting the language limits the ways in which a problem may be thought of - that's the basis of the linguistic relativism, and it applies to programming languages as well as to natural languages.
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