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Re: [netrexx-pipelines] Migrate OS/2 pipelines to NetRexx Pipes
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From: Jeff H. <Je...@Je...> - 2022-06-25 11:38:07
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<p>This readability is one of the factors that make Rexx such a
standout language.</p>
<p>From Mike Cowlishaw's <b>The Rexx Language</b>, Part 1
Background:</p>
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<p><b>SECTION 3: FUNDAMENTAL LANGUAGE CONCEPTS</b></p>
<p><i>Readability</i></p>
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<p>If there is one concept that has dominated the evolution of
REXX syntax, it is <i>readability</i> (used here in the sense
of perceived legibility). Readability in this sense is a
rather subjective quality, but the general principle followed
in REXX is that the tokens which form a program can be written
much as one might write them in European languages (English,
French, and so forth). Although the semantics of REXX is, of
course, more formal than that of a natural language,, REXX is
lexically similar to normal text.</p>
<p>... Good readability leads to enhanced understandability,
thus yielding fewer errors both while writing a program and
while reading it for debug or maintenance. ...<br>
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<p>Jeff<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/25/2022 4:07 AM, J Leslie Turriff
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""> In fact, most computer languages are written to be easily processed by a parser;
user-friendliness is secondary to that.
Leslie
On 2022-06-24 18:30:44 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hp...@we...">hp...@we...</a> wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Rexx is specifically designed for human reading.
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Reading only? ;)
BTW, at first glance it seemed to me a poor joke, "NetREXX is a
human-oriented programming language", found in the introduction of
the QuickStart Guide. Are not all programming languages made for
humans? Are there some for dogs? Pavlov’s dog? Or is there a
mistake in my translation? Maybe yes, since "C is a
machine-oriented programming language" doesn't mean, machines will
do programs in C.
(BTW, said this, when somebody states, "REXX is the new C", it
could be understood as distinct critic that it once /was/ a
human-oriented programming language.)
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