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   Gerry Rzeppa to All   
   Re: Writing A Plain English Compiler (2/   
   10 Nov 14 14:37:13   
   
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   English isn't a very good way to describe algorithms   
   once they get at all complicated.   
      
   Gerry replies:   
   Which is one of the greatest advantages of Plain English programming: it   
   encourages simplicity; it discourages algorithms that "get at all   
   complicated". As Einstein said, "If you can't explain it simply, you don't   
   understand it well enough." Plain English quickly "tips you off" to those   
   instances when your thinking is convoluted or unclear.   
      
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