I don't think it makes very much sense to evaluate a programming language for beginners on the basis of how "English-like" it is. Boolean operators, to referenc

I don't think it makes very much sense to evaluate a programming language for beginners on the basis of how "English-like" it is. Boolean operators, to reference your example, have a considerably more precise and restrictive meaning in both languages than the word "and" does in English. Sounds like misplaced skeuomorphism to me. If anything I've found that the apparent (and shallow) similarity to familiar concepts interferes with learning, rather than helping.