What programming language best bridges the gap between pseudocode and code? [closed]

Answer 1

Pascal was relativery popular in that kind of pseudocode descriptions.

Answer 2

You already mentioned it but..

Python has a very clear syntax. It's very close to pseudocode and is easily readable.

Answer 3

I think you've got this backwards, kind of. The problem with this question is that you tend to write pseudocode in an approximation of the language that you are planning on using for your actual code. Hands up anyone who wants to create a pseudocode language which (like Esperanto?) is an amalgam of commonly used programming languages.

Answer 4

I've found Boo has become my "pseudocode" language when testing small bits of code for .NET. Very similar to a Python type syntax.

Answer 5

You may be interested in Literate Programming, where the "source code" you write is more like writing a book, but its a book that can be "tangled" into real code or "woven" into formatted documentation.

See the examples provided at http://www.literateprogramming.com/cweb_download.html.

You may also find Eiffel interesting:

"... Eiffel shuns coding tricks or coding techniques intended as optimization hints to the compiler. The aim is not only to make the code more readable, but also to allow programmers to concentrate on the important aspects of a program without getting bogged down in implementation details. ..."

Answer 6

Here is a link to what I believe is the first reference to python as "executable pseudo-code." The article is Reprinted from the August 2001 issue of PC Update, the magazine of Melbourne PC User Group, Australia.