What is "Open Language"?

[Geoff Canyon]

Open Language will mean little if it is restricted to synonyms, or if it is
restricted to functions and commands.

gc

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Mark Waddingham <mark at livecode.com> wrote:

> On 2015-10-27 19:26, Richmond wrote:
>
>> My tastes are extremely savage: I cannot see anything really wrong
>> with the syntax for anything,
>> and don't see the need for a multiplicity of synonyms.
>>
>
> Well, that's the current state of play - which isn't really the topic of
> conversation here - it is about the future.
>
> So would you be happy if all future functionality of the language were
> implemented as function calls and commands (a la Visual Basic 6)? (This is
> actually a serious question!)
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Mark.
>
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