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A Programming Language without Keywords

Author(s) -

Ward Douglas Maurer

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

computer and information science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1913-8997

pISSN - 1913-8989

DOI - 10.5539/cis.v6n1p100

Subject(s) - computer science , compiler , programming language , first generation programming language , programming language specification , very high level programming language , natural language programming , c programming language , natural language , programming domain , programming paradigm , natural language processing , inductive programming , universal networking language , software , comprehension approach

Computer programming today is far too dependent on one particular natural language, namely English. Mathematics is not dependent on English, and programming should not be, either. In order to eliminate the dependence of programming on English, we have constructed a programming language in which the keywords are replaced by symbols available on standard keyboards. Each of these symbols is chosen to suggest the idea of the keyword it replaces. Many of them have more than one use, but always in a way that a compiler can detect. In this way a professional can write a program without ever having to think in English. Our language is called *, and it also embodies an innovative approach to programming language safety.

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