I'm not terribly excited with the idea of making spreadsheet style programs easier, but I suppose it can't hurt, either. Personally, I think programming langua

I'm not terribly excited with the idea of making spreadsheet style programs easier, but I suppose it can't hurt, either. Personally, I think programming languages becoming closer to spoken languages would be more useful. I first learned of that concept from this Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/da718w/i_think_the_foss_movement_should_want_to_maximize/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/da718w/i_think_the_f... There, the author of the thread talks about the benefits of Inform 7, a programming language specifically designed for creating interactive fiction games. It's an incredibly impressive bit of work, and is the most promising path toward getting regular folk into programming. I also came across this interesting article from Wolfram: https://blog.wolfram.com/2010/11/16/programming-with-natural-language-is-actually-going-to-work/ https://blog.wolfram.com/2010/11/16/programming-with-natural... which goes into natural-language programming and how they will (hopefully) become dominant in the future.