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Ask HN: What would an OOP-style human language look like?

2 pointsby avancemosabout 5 years ago

3 comments

dvndvnabout 5 years ago
For parametrically constructed language according to Noam Chomsky, Sanskrit was best constructed. Chomsky&#x27;s work of language theory has inspired many compiler designs in early programming. He favored particularly Sanskrit grammarian called &#x27;Panini&#x27; and his 500AD work called &#x27;Ashtadyayi&#x27;<p>There was a huge discussion about 8 years back on HN itself.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=4729626" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=4729626</a>
AnimalMuppetabout 5 years ago
To me, variable.method(argument) looks a lot like &quot;subject verb object&quot;.
_bxg1about 5 years ago
Human language is already pretty OOP; I think that&#x27;s a big part of the latter&#x27;s appeal. We speak in terms of categories, objects, and subject-verb-object clauses.