On: On Programming Languages

[georgeorwell]

This article is not "On Programming Languages", it's "On the Use of English in Software Development". Has anybody coined the term "linkbait-and-switch" yet? I'm not against the inclusivity proposed, I just don't like the overloading of the term "programming language" here. Grumble grumble.

[raganwald → georgeorwell]

The author is the cad responsible for this flagrant violation of blog title ethics:

https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2011/12/...

[georgeorwell → raganwald]

It's okay, you can atone by writing a survey of programming languages and using the title "On the Use of English in Software Development".

[raganwald → georgeorwell]

There's always this language-neutral programming language: https://leanpub.com/piet. Then again, some would consider it Dutch Modern...

[raganwald → georgeorwell]

Have another look at the post.