I would submit this article as evidence showing that the programming interview process is broken. There's absolutely no reason why any one needs to write a new

I would submit this article as evidence showing that the programming interview process is broken. There's absolutely no reason why any one needs to write a new language for a programming interview. If you want to screen for programing ability, the pseudocode is your go to tool. If by some chance you want to test for the ability to learn a new language then there are plenty of programming languages to choose from. I think they are in the 1000's so you have plenty to choose from. Creating a new language just wastes everyone's time and energy and introduces added stress to the interviewees. What's worse is that many of the hired programmers will leave for better jobs as soon as they get a chance. Also, many of the programmers they hire will end up managing code rather than actual programming. So all this work is for nothing. This is just a way to put your ego over the need of the company to hire programmers that can accomplish the company's goals. I see this often.