Is there a human readable programming language? [closed]

Answer 1

DSLs can be very natural-looking. See this example created with MGrammar:

test "Searching google for watin"
    goto "http://www.google.se"
    type "watin" into "q"
    click "btnG"
    assert that text "WatiN Home" exists
    assert that element "res" exists
end

Answer 2

Yes. It's called COBOL, and people generally detest it.

Answer 3

I see the Shakespeare programming language have yet to be mentioned.

These programs are coded to look like shakespear plays, the individial characters in the play being variables that can hold numbers and the various phrases in the play manipulate the characters and the number they hold. For instance, "Speak your mind" orders a character to output his value.

Answer 4

I agree with the general consensus here. "Human readable" general purpose programming languages are mostly a bad idea, but human readable Domain Specific Languages are very worthwhile.

REBOL has a great system for creating DSLs.

Answer 5

Cobol was kind of like that.

Answer 6

HyperTalk and its descendant AppleScript were designed to be similar to the English language.