Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: Richard Hable Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Writing A Plain English Compiler Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 17:22:53 +0100 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 16 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <14-11-017@comp.compilers> References: <14-11-004@comp.compilers> <14-11-005@comp.compilers> <14-11-012@comp.compilers> <14-11-012@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: miucha.iecc.com 1415470113 4743 2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970 (8 Nov 2014 18:08:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 18:08:33 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: design Posted-Date: 08 Nov 2014 13:08:33 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com X-Received-Bytes: 1736 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3144868116 Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:1425 On 11/07/14 22:23, George Neuner wrote: > Most natural languages are a hindrance to logic because they are > inherently ambiguous. There is some anecdotal evidence that Sumerian > might have been sufficiently unambiguous to program with, but the > issue is moot because no one today speaks it. The most appropriate natural language to use for programming would probably be Esperanto, because of its regular grammar. Nevertheless, it would still be like using a hammer to tighten a screw: it might somehow work if a hammer is all you have at your disposal, but it would always be better to get a screwdriver. Richard