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Hmmm. Reminds me of Plain English. If you have to ask, you weren't there.
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Not quite as close to English as this[^].
here’s a program fragment in my favourite high-level language, Inform7:
Overlying relates one thing to various things. The verb to overlie (it overlies, they overlie, it is overlying) implies the overlying relation.
The jacket overlies the shirt. The shoes overlie the socks. The slacks overlie the undershorts. The shirt overlies the undershirt.
Before wearing something when something (called the impediment) which overlies the noun is worn by the player: try taking off the impediment; if the player is wearing the impediment, stop the action.
This is part of the source code of a game. [When In Rome 1: Accounting For Taste[^] by Emily Short.] Specifically, this is the code that adds a rule to the game that describes what happens when a player attempts to put on a pair of socks while wearing shoes.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Ah Richard, you've been here long enough to get Plain English.
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That one obviously passed me by. I've found a Lounge post from March 2006 which refers to a series of "Plain English Compiler" articles, but no sign of the articles themselves. I'm assuming it's connected to "The Osmosian Order"?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Indeed it is. The person who calls himself The Grand Negus used to be active here.
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Wow! Vizzini[^] was active on CodeProject? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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See, as a programmer, Inform7 always bugged me... Too wordy, and just doesn't feel like a programming language at all... That's why I stuck with TADS3. Granted, my games weren't as good as Emily's, but then, she's been doing it a lot longer.
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Funky Wumps!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Still riding the Semantic wagon?
Any programmer who has ever worked on a nontrivial problem does not need to imagine the difficulty of encoding a good solution using only low-level concepts and a handful of special keywords
Ehr, not cool - it is implying that you either like it or never done anything non-trivial.
Any programmer who has had a week of education has learnt that most nontrivial problems are cut into smaller, trivial problems. It's a solution in search of a problem.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Another programming language? Why, why, why? [Delilah]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.
The force is with J.J. Abrams.
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Great news but more appropriate for posting in "The Lounge" since it is not really IT related news.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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You're probably right...my excitement may have gotten the best of me.
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Unless they are cast as droids...
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Well, there will be droids and other tech related stuff throughout the movie(s).
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Yes, but are these the Droids we're looking for?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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An effort to license IBM processor designs bears fruit as one of the most powerful computing companies on the Net shows its own server using Big Blue's Power8 chip. That could mean more competitive pressure on Intel. More power to em', what a power play! (Insert other related power puns here).
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Two MIT students have raised half a million dollars for a project to distribute $100 in bitcoin to every undergraduate student at MIT this fall. "Tuition payments now being accepted in Bitcoin."
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Seems like a massive waste of (real) money to me
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What if there was a way for law enforcement to track suspects fleeing crime scenes in cars without the danger of a high speed pursuit that could put suspects, officers, and civilians at risk? One company claims to have just the solution. Is it legal? One GPS bullet to rule them all, one GPS bullet to find them...
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Kevin Priddle wrote: One GPS bullet to rule them all, one GPS bullet to find them...
...one GPS bullet to bring them all and in the darkness track 'em to their momma's house.
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It'll be "legal" until the bullet hits the wrong car.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Social networks like Facebook provide a great platform to connect and share with friends, but because of their public by default nature, it can sometimes be difficult to understand who can see what you’re sharing. Just assume that everyone sees EVERYTHING.
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Kevin Priddle wrote: Just assume that everyone NSA/CIA/FBI see EVERYTHING.
FTFY.
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The United States unequivocally won the space race and, with it, uncontested dominance in low Earth orbit for roughly five decades. But the country's space dominance is not only beginning to show cracks, the whole system could literally crash due to the increasing threat of so-called “dangerous space incidents”—the specter of space weapons deployed by an upstart like China, North Korea, or Iran. Space: the final frontier battlefield
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