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Re:The Next Mainstream Programming Language: A Game Develope... by stcredzero on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @11:44AM (#2045888)
Syntax does matter. The lack of expected operator precedence kept many technical non-programmers away from Lisp and Smalltalk. Python, Ruby, and Perl all succeeded because they respected the cultural expectations of *nix hackers. Cultural expectations are a big factor in HID. Programming langs are just a highly specialized case.
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Re:The Next Mainstream Programming Language: A Game Develope... by chromatic on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @12:54PM (#2046119)
The lack of expected operator precedence kept many technical non-programmers away from Lisp and Smalltalk.

I've heard the opposite; where did you hear this?

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