Looking for ugly code comparisons WAS: Slashdotter looking for kids' programming language

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Señor diablo,

The child in me agrees; and I was always better at math than reading.

Joe Wilkins

On Dec 12, 2008, at 3:52 AM, Dave Cragg wrote:

>
> On 12 Dec 2008, at 00:48, Judy Perry wrote:
>
>> I just want to show people
>> that you can do things easier -- and certainly easier for a child  
>> -- in Rev
>> than in all those other languages being suggested.
>
> I'll play Devil's Advocate.
>
> There seems to be some assumptions about what is easier for a child.  
> One of these assumptions is that a "simple English-like syntax" is  
> simpler than other kinds of syntax. I wonder if that is not an adult  
> prejudice.
>
> Compare these two ways of representing properties:
>
> the text of me
> me.text
>
> I'd argue that the second is more visually representative of what we  
> are trying to express. The dot becomes a "joining symbol" which is  
> more easily remembered than the strange syntax of space + of +  
> space. And what on earth is "the" all about?
>
> Perhaps I'm saying that Rev is a great language for old people to  
> take up. :-)
>
> Cheers
> Dave