Re: Briskets (perl)
Re: Briskets (perl)
- Subject: Re: Briskets (perl)
- From: Lee Azzarello <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 12:50:44 -0700 (PDT)
On Mon, 13 May 2002, Michael Kelly wrote:
>
Then again, I've seen some AppleScript that beats that little bit right into
>
the ground as far as nonunderstandability goes, so I guess the sword cuts
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both ways.
If I may, I'd like to get a feeling about code literacy and plain english
metaphors. I'm just picking up AppleScript and I'm noticing that the
"plain english" thing is more deceptive than it seems. Assuming there are
many seasoned programmers on this list, I'm curious what people's opionins
are of languages that attenpt to use this plain-engligh/natural-language
thing when it comes to programming a computer. Is it worth it? Or does it
further obfucate code literacy?
Example: I know smalltalk (and variations thereof like Squeak and
SuperCollider). It took me a pretty long time to grasp the OO metaphors
but when I got it, I got it, and i could apply it to other OO languages.
Now I'm trying to learn AppleScript and finding that it has some OO stuff
going on but it seems to get obfuscated by the plain english thing.
just a thought...
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