for all c-evolved languages.

Make computer programs readable by laymen again.

One option of implementation would be to use an extra dimension with a header row an column and then disregard it as data.
-- pashute, Feb 05 2025

This change would move people further away from an understanding of how programs work. [-]
-- pertinax, Feb 05 2025


The problem is that programming doesn't really work. I mean, it had its time but we should move on.
-- pashute, Feb 05 2025


//One option of implementation would be to use an extra dimension with a header row an column and then disregard it as data.//
Do people not comment their code any more?
-- calum, Feb 05 2025


Surely all code is //readable by laymen//. They might not understand it but there is nothing stopping them reading it.
-- pocmloc, Feb 05 2025


As a complete layman I can confirm this.^
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Feb 06 2025


You might like a language called Lua. It has 1 based indexes
-- chronological, Feb 07 2025


//You might like a language called Lua. It has 1 based indexes//

Ugh, I had to use R for a little while, also does that.

It makes the whole language feel dirty.
-- Loris, Feb 07 2025



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