counter++ versus "add 1 to counter"

[Brian Yennie]

Now I think we're really getting to the crux of things =)!

While I would argue a native english speaker would definitely pick up 
Transcript faster than PHP (assuming no prior experience), I can 
absolutely see how someone less comfortable in English would find the 
"human readable" syntax a lot less valuable.

Having experience with C, C++, PHP, and many other languages with 
related syntax, I must say: if Transcript hand German-like syntax, I 
might see it differently.

It's unfortunate that it would be so difficult to localize Transcript, 
but I'm afraid it would be a massive (and confusing) undertaking. Time 
for that new global language =)...?

> It simply isn't true that my 12-year-old-daughter (being German just 
> like me) could code Transcript more easily than PHP if she has got 
> basic programming skills. She would a) have to understand English 
> quite well and b) have to understand the specific restrictions of 
> Transcript-English. She would always be puzzled whether Transcript 
> would UNDERSTAND what she tries to express (in English), wheras using 
> standard coding phrases are clear, once you learned them "as words" - 
> like "counter++".