Category talk:Plain English

Clutter?

I am concerned that this "language" clutters up the place (RC). It seems to me that each entry is merely a bare-bones re-telling of the Task Description. On the plus side, this language does supply some stress relief and some levity. I'm not encouraging anyone to remove it, but if it was decided to omit it, I could understand why.

I await the first "alternate" Plain English entry, where another description of the algorithm points out how the "program" can be made more efficient or faster...

And if "Plain English" does stick around, will others, such as "Français Ordinaire", "Español Llano", and the like, step up to be counted? That might make RC very cluttered. --Enter your username (talk) 06:26, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

You're annoyed Plain English programs look like task descriptions? I am sure the language creators would consider that high praise. You seem to be under the impression that this language is a toy or a joke. I invite you to take a look at Plain English's compiler, which is written in Plain English. It may quickly alleviate you of that impression, as it did me. I wouldn't be submitting examples for this language if I didn't believe it is a serious language with something to offer.

Regarding your concerns about efficiency, I am somewhat mystified why this is even a concern for the (intentionally) trivial tasks I have been submitting to (for now). How much more efficient would you like basic language constructs, loops and type conversions to be? --Chunes (talk) 11:36, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Added a discussion link to the main page. While this is not really my cup of tea, it is quite wrong to suggest or imply this is not a "real" programming language. --Pete Lomax (talk) 15:49, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Ah, the clue train shows signs of slowing down to a stop for me. It seems that I had only come across the PE examples at RC where the task description did not require output. I eventually spotted one with output, and noted that the PE source was indeed substantial enough to accomplish the task. I apologize for the disparaging remarks I made about PE. I stand corrected, not clutter. --Enter your username (talk) 17:25, 16 September 2020 (UTC)