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		nl on Aug 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Launch HN: Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) – A modern... > This reminds me of programming languages designed with an English-like syntax in the hope that people would be able to develop software without learning to code... Neither approach has remained popular into the modern era. Au Contraire! MS Office macros continues to use VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) which traces its roots to BASIC - one of those "English like syntax" languages. MS Office macros remains one of the most popular languages in the world.

Zak on Aug 6, 2024 [–]

I wouldn't put BASIC in that family; it's probably closer to simplified FORTRAN. SQL is probably the best counterexample.

nl on Aug 8, 2024 | [–]

BASIC is literally "Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code"

To quote Wikipedia:"They wanted to enable students in non-scientific fields to use computers."

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