Guidelines for creating a programming-language enjoyable to write programs in?
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I'm currently working on the topic of programming-languages and interpreter-design. I have already created several programming languages but couldn't reach my goal so far:
Create a programming-language which focuses on giving the programmer a good feeling when writing code in it. It should just be fun and/or interesting and in no case annoying to write something in it.
I get this feeling when writing code in Python. I sometimes get the opposite with PHP and in rare cases when having to reinvent some wheel in C++.
So I've tried to figure out some syntactical features to make programming in my new language fun, but I just can't find any.
- Which concrete features, maybe mainly in terms of syntax, do/could make programming in a language fun?
Examples:
I find it enjoyable to program in Ruby because of it's use of code blocks.
- It would be nice if you could include exactly one example in your answer
- Those features do not have to already exist in any language!
I'm doing this because I have experienced extreme rises in (my own) productivity when programming in languages I love (because of particular features).
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