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Here is my penny's worth on the subject of programming languages:
On reading the discussion, it comes to mind the fact that programming
languages have been around less than 60 years (or so; although one could
argue that it has been some 160 years). Mathematics (in the abstract sense)
has been around some 400 years, if we start with Newton and Leibnitz.
The language of mathematics therefore has had more time to evolve.
Today, when studying astrophysics or quantum physics, the language
is totally incomprehensible to all except to those that spent years studying
partial differential equations, non-euclidean geometry and whatever math
quantum physicists use. Yet there are no complaints about the readability
of equations. So I suppose that one knowledgeable in a particular
programming
language (APL for me) should not feel defensive as long as the language
solves all problems that the individual encounters.
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