Gregory's Server@yabellini very interesting - but having read the abstract only, I wonder whether this correlation is a general one for all programming languages or only for Python, which to me is one of the most readable programming languages.
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@yabellini very interesting - but having read the abstract only, I wonder whether this correlation is a general one for all programming languages or only for Python, which to me is one of the most readable programming languages. 2 comments
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@mathie Andreas Stefik has researched programming language readability
https://web.cs.unlv.edu/stefika/publications.html
For example, they measured how easily novices could read:
- Several programming languages
- Quorum: the language their team is building
- Randomo: random syntax "designed" by rolling D&D dice
Findings:
- Languages in the C family are as hard for novices to learn to read as a randomly-designed language
- Ruby and Python are significantly easier
- Quorum is easier still
@mathie Andreas Stefik has researched programming language readability
https://web.cs.unlv.edu/stefika/publications.html
For example, they measured how easily novices could read:
- Several programming languages
- Quorum: the language their team is building
- Randomo: random syntax "designed" by rolling D&D dice