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If you would make a new language today you would design for readability above all else. Because modern software are huge, while programs back in the day was sma
by z3t4 7y ago
If you would make a new language today you would design for readability above all else. Because modern software are huge, while programs back in the day was small.
- beagle3 7y agoReadability is entirely and extremely subjective. I don't find Japanese readable, but that's because I never bothered to put the time in to learn it. I find TeX and LaTeX readable, though. Readability becomes slightly more objective, but not much more so, when you have a well defined and sufficiently homogenous target audience. If you make a new language today, you should figure out who it's for (probably yourself and a couple of other people), and design it accordingly. As was always the case.
- otabdeveloper2 7y ago> If you would make a new language today you would design for readability above all else. So, basically, COBOL?