> Why is Python more readable? [...] Second is the use of short words instead of symbols. Perhaps the Haskell is trying a little to hard to feel like algebra?

> Why is Python more readable? [...] Second is the use of short words instead of symbols. Perhaps the Haskell is trying a little to hard to feel like algebra? [...] Python goes further than most to use short concise words; COBOL used long words To make words even shorter than in Python without resorting to Haskell-like symbols, try ChinesePython (http://www.chinesepython.org/english/english.html http://www.chinesepython.org/english/english.html). Here's some examples from their site: 寫 ..(print) 刪除 ..(del) 定義/函數 (def) 忽略 (pass) 中斷 (break) 下一個 (continue) 傳回 (return) 示警 (raise) 載入 ... 名 ... (import ... as ...) 從 ... 載入 ... 共用 (global) 執行 (exec) 斷言 (assert) 如 .. 不然 .. 否則 .. (if .. elif .. else ..) 只要 .. 否則 .. (while .. else ..) 取 .. 自 .. 然後 .. (for .. in .. else ..) 試 .. 失敗 .. 否則 .. 然後 .. (try .. except .. else .. finally .. ) 概念/類別 (class) 來自/不來自 (in / not in) 是/不是 (is / is not) 或 or 且 and 不是 not