The [Rzeppa] family has started a plain English compiler. It runs under Windows and appears to be fairly capable. Plain language programming isn’t exactly a new idea.

The fact that programming languages often resemble English words like body or if is a convenient accommodation for our puny human meatbrains, which are much better at remembering commands that ...

In a mysterious blog post Wolfram Alpha founder Stephen Wolfram promises a knowledge-based programming language that can do just about anything under the sun.

Programming set to be core of new computing classes for English kids The UK government has detailed plans to teach schoolchildren in England programming and networking skills.