Why him does not use a natural language for programming?

[Phil Jimmieson]

The one that always makes me have to think twice is

	if the visible of field "X" is true then

Why not:

	if field "X" is visible then

I usually start out by writing the latter and then remember it has to be the former...

On 24 Feb 2012, at 07:47, Jerry Jensen wrote:

> I think pseudo-natural language is as goofy as any other.
> 
> What you expect when you type into the msg box:
> put me into it; put it
> 
> How about:
> get me; put it
> 
> At least that one is a bit reassuring...
> 
> ??
> 
> 
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