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glen@comclin.com (Glen Self) wrote:


>>In article <438nkr$bd@classic.eng.octel.com> johnp@octel.com (John Pham) writes:

>>> hello world!
>>>  
>>>    so what's the best language for the 21rst century?
>>>       what's your opinion on Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++?

>Free form spoken language of the user. No "programming" language
>required.

Hell NO!

Free-form languages (such as English) have far too many problems with
ambiguities and lack of precision.  Since even the greatest computing
engine we've got (the human brain) has trouble decyphering such a
language without the occasional confusion and misinterpretation, I
can't see it being a viable vehicle for instructing something as
"stupid" as a piece of silicon.

To be effective a language should be concise with rules that have *no*
exceptions.  While many natural languages have plenty of richness and
an abundance of adjectives and verbs to facilitate instruction, there
are far too many exceptions to the grammar and spelling rules as well
as dialectic inconsistencies and coloquialisms to make them at all
useful for computer programming.

IMHO.


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