Not sure how I feel about Shakespeare and JK Rowling living in the same parenthesis!
Computer languages are the opposite of natural languages - they are for formalising and limiting thought, the exact opposite of literature. These two things are not comparable.
If natural language was so good for programs, we’d be using it - many many people have tried from literate programming onward.
Computer languages are the opposite of natural languages - they are for formalising and limiting thought, the exact opposite of literature. These two things are not comparable.
If natural language was so good for programs, we’d be using it - many many people have tried from literate programming onward.