On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > The language chosen will hopefully be as ENGLISH-like as possible, even it > that means it requires more typing.? The hyper-complex and excessively > structured codes of most languages make it difficult for the vast majority of > our contributors to even try to make a break into them. > > In addition to that, English-like languages are easier for programmers in > other languages to pick up because they seem more sensible than learning a > whole new set of obscure codewords and symbols.? A language that uses "AND" > instead of "&", "+" or "[]".? A language that uses "NOT" instead of "-", "/" > or "_".
I don't know if "programmability by a non-technical users" is a major requirement. The real requirements are: 1) Secure 2) Fast 3) Sane, maintainable language 4) Existing interpreter. (Therefore, existing language...) _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
