Re: Spoken programming language

> The syntax "apple.color == red" seems to mean "The apple is red?" with an implied question mark.
>
> I still think the following kind of distinction needs to be made:
>
> Assert(apple.color == red); // "I assert/claim/state that the apple is red."
>
> Query(apple.color == red); // "Is the apple red?"
>
> Imperative(apple.color = red); // "Make the apple red!"
apple.color == red; //Statement, can be either true or false. Remember
that programming languages are a type of loglang, as computer science
is a type of formal logic. Of course, since statements are not very
useful if you don't check their truth, this is not actually used.

If(apple.color == red); //A query which evaluates whether this is true.

apple.color = red; //The apple's color is/has become red. The computer
then updates his data to account for this new information.

Translating the following program to english after the program.

{
fruit apple == new fruit();
apple.color = colors.red;
apple.shape = shapes.approximate.sphere;
apple.taste = tastes.sweet & tastes.sour;

if(apple.age > apple.age.old){
  apple.color = brown;
  apple.taste = tastes.sweet; //No longer sour.
  apple.nutrition = nutrition.poor;}
}

The apple is a red coloured fruit that is approximately shaped like a
sphere. It tastes sweet and sour. If an apple's age is old, it's
colour becomes brown, it's solely sweet, and it's nutritionaal value
becomes poor.