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What programming languages have been developed in this manner? What were the results?
by jeffdavis 10y ago
What programming languages have been developed in this manner? What were the results?
- spenrose 10y agoPython. It was lauded for usability and became a 30 year success: http://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/02/early-language-design-and-development.html http://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/02/early-language-de...
- pjmlp 10y agoIf I recall correctly Microsoft did some regarding VB.
- zzzcpan 10y agoNone. Typical usability testing with watching people do things doesn't apply to programming languages, because of how much more complex and larger languages are in comparison. At best this approach can be used to test usability of tooling, IDEs, but that's it.
- nathan_long 10y agoI've heard it said that the creator of Elm regularly pairs with newbies and adjusts the language based on what they find difficult, but I don't have a citation.