Ruben Reusser wrote: > When I was a younger programmer I always wondered why we don't have a > symbolic programming language free of any text - except maybe for > resources. Should be easier to parse and would be fair to everybody. ... then he encountered APL and stopped dreaming :-)
But seriously: I think languages should be defined in terms of an AST. It just won't buy you much, though: your libraries still need names for all the methods and while you might still be willing to use mathematical symbols for your collection API it probably ends there. Peter > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Todd Costella > <todd.coste...@entero.com <mailto:todd.coste...@entero.com>> wrote: > > Jeff just posted this on his twitter feed: > http://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/1564775356 > > > <quote> > c'mon. What serious language has characters wearing little tiny > hats? àèìòù áéíóúý âêîôû ãñõ äëïöüŸ Åå? or beards? çÇ -- I REST MY > CASE! > > about 4 hours ago from web > > codinghorror > Jeff Atwood > </quote> > > sigh. welcome to diversity. > > (Yes I realize this is said tounge in cheek. Maybe.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: javaposse@googlegroups.com > <mailto:javaposse@googlegroups.com> > [mailto:javaposse@googlegroups.com > <mailto:javaposse@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Mwanji Ezana > Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 4:24 AM > To: The Java Posse > Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Les CastCodeurs == Java Posse in French > > > On Apr 17, 4:27 pm, "Todd Costella" <todd.coste...@entero.com> wrote: > > If I heard correctly, one of the main reasons they fellows are > doing the podcast is that they work all day in English and wanted > to have some outlet to discuss technical topics in French. I have > a ton of respect for folks that speak multiple languages. > > > > It's something we (English) North Americans just take for > granted that we'll do a Google search and find an answer in > English. I do wish the fellows the best of luck with their > Podcast. I'll be following along as best I can keeping up with > Java news. > > That reminds me of Jeff Atwood's recent statements on his blog and the > Stack Overflow podcast about English as the only language that counts > for programmers. For someone who's created such a successful piece of > social software, I'm surprised he didn't see why people would want to > talk about programming in their own language. > > Mwanji > > > > > > > -- > Ruben Reusser > headwire.com <http://headwire.com>, Inc > 949 595 4365 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
