I'm a big fan of Ada, and of all languages I've seen it is by far the most readable. It has been deliberately and carefully designed to be self-documenting. The

I'm a big fan of Ada, and of all languages I've seen it is by far the most readable. It has been deliberately and carefully designed to be self-documenting. The Ada developers shared your vision. But it's also the reason why I don't think it's true that readability plays a major role in language adoption.