Promoting Python

[Larry Martell]

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:
> BartC <bc at freeuk.com>:
>
>> But you're right in that little is actually essential. Basic has shown
>> that.
>>
>> You need expressions, IF, GOTO, variables and assignments, and some
>> means of doing I/O.
>>
>> Pretty much every language has (had) those, although it's fashionable
>> now to do away with GOTO, and some are getting rid of (rewritable)
>> variables too! Others seem intent on doing away with control flow
>> altogether, just having expressions. Apparently they think coding
>> should become more elitist with only mathematicians allowed to
>> participate.
>
> Oh, I'm also in the minimalist camp. Let me introduce you to the
> simplest imaginable fully-featured programming language, iota:
>
>    <URL: http://semarch.linguistics.fas.nyu.edu/barker/Iota/>
>
> When I first ran into iota, my mind was blown. Also, follow the link to
> zot:
>
>    <URL: http://semarch.linguistics.fas.nyu.edu/barker/Iota/zot.html>

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