While I would argue a native english speaker would definitely pick up Transcript faster than PHP (assuming no prior experience), I can absolutely see how someone less comfortable in English would find the "human readable" syntax a lot less valuable.
Having experience with C, C++, PHP, and many other languages with related syntax, I must say: if Transcript hand German-like syntax, I might see it differently.
It's unfortunate that it would be so difficult to localize Transcript, but I'm afraid it would be a massive (and confusing) undertaking. Time for that new global language =)...?
It simply isn't true that my 12-year-old-daughter (being German just like me) could code Transcript more easily than PHP if she has got basic programming skills. She would a) have to understand English quite well and b) have to understand the specific restrictions of Transcript-English. She would always be puzzled whether Transcript would UNDERSTAND what she tries to express (in English), wheras using standard coding phrases are clear, once you learned them "as words" - like "counter++".
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