lol_xD wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:44 am should've put "plain English" in quotes.

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if i had a nickel for every "plain english language" that's debatably plain english and ends up being harder on the programmer with a diminishing tradeoff, i'd have two nickels, which isn't alot but it's strange that it happened twice.

(in fairness there's supposed to be tabs here but i guess hypercard didn't save them).

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Anyway, in fairness, COBOL is a programming language used in business settings with arbitrary corporate designs put into it while HyperTalk is (according to Wikipedia) a result of an LSD trip that influenced the development of World Wide Web Looking at some examples though, HyperTalk looks a tad bit better since there are no nonsenses like IDENTIFICATION DIVISION and so on. As for the tabs thingy, I think it is a good sign for a programming language to be automatically formatted to its programmers. HyperTalk looks consistent enough to make it possible as a good syntax can reduce the need for code style guidelines and hence let the programmers be able to focus on other aspects.