Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language

From: Les Cargill (lcargill_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 02/08/04

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    Y2KYZFR1 wrote:
    >
    > Joona I Palaste <palaste@cc.helsinki.fi> wrote in message news:<bvvjqj$4fb$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>...
    > > Richard Heathfield <dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> scribbled the following
    > > on comp.lang.c:
    > > > Larry Hazel wrote:
    > > >> Christopher Benson-Manica wrote:
    > > >>>
    > > >>> When I need a language that's easy to use and readable, I turn
    > > >>> directly to C. Don't let me stop you, though.
    > > >>
    > > >> C? Easy to read? You have got to be kidding.
    > >
    > > > Compared to the other languages in this crosspost? Damn right it's easy to
    > > > read! :-)
    > >
    > > > I mean yes, okay, I know what you mean. Any sufficiently advanced IOCCC
    > > > entry is indistinguishable from line noise. But not /all/ C programs are
    > > > IOCCC entries!
    > >
    > > I find C harder to read than Java, and easier to read than C++. I
    > > don't know about Ada, as I've never seen it. But C and C++ are a
    > > breeze compared to the likes of Perl, Python and Lisp. They look like
    > > C looked while I was still a BASIC programmer: a random jumble of
    > > punctuation marks.
    >
    > you have obviously never even seen a Python program, since it does not
    > use any punction marks. It ( and Lua ) are about as close to
    > executable pseudo-code as you can get. Python ( and Lua ) is
    > "comprehendable" by anyone that can read english for the most part. C
    > and C++ are not.
    >
    > Python enforces rules about formatting even, so everyones Python code
    > HAS to conform to the same formatting rules, thus contributing to even
    > more "readibility"

    This brings in question the meaning of "readability". I'd say
    readability is for those practiced in the language, not "civilians". 

    --
Les Cargill
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