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anigbrowl 3 hours ago

I wonder why there are not more programming languages not only with non-English keywords, but with different grammars. For example, if X then Y and many other constructions closely follow English grammar, but when you study other languages you quickly become away of many other possible constructions.

whacked_new 27 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I'm a little sad that VSO languages didn't start the computing revolution because if they did, we would all be writing LISP. But instead, we are relegated to Python and JavaScript!

dmurray 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't think programming languages follow English grammar or syntax closely.

If X then Y, sure. While X, do Y? Maybe. For X equals Y, X equals Z, X is incremented, do A? Hardly. Match X case Y1 Z1 case Y2 Z2? Definitely not

Native English speakers have a small leg up understanding the vocabulary, not the syntax.