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tbrownaw
on Oct 21, 2022
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Nobody wants to program in plain English.
People have wanted that since at least as long as cobol has been a thing.
xorcist
on Oct 22, 2022
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There's a reason the languages that followed COBOL ditched the faux natural language part of the syntax. The language is practical for what it does, but the syntax is impractical. The same thing can be said about SQL.
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People have wanted that since at least as long as cobol has been a thing.