On 30/01/2012 01:13, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: <snip>
Clearly we need to redesign the language to use custom symbols that make sense, instead of the archaic typesetting symbols we use now and have a unique set of programmer symbols.
It's already been tried (APL). OK, so maybe the "that make sense" aspect doesn't apply there.
We can even solve the space vs tab problem once and for all, by making a whitespace key and removing the obsolete buttons to make room for all the new ones (which would be tab, spacebar, and enter).
Having to switch keyboards might have been another reason people hated APL. Stewart.
