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Artificial languages for instructing computers to do steps of computation in order to complete tasks. They allow programmers to communicate with computers.

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Has the syntax of any programming language been usability tested?

Before being release to the public, has the syntax of any programming language undergone usability testing? If so, what kinds of testing was performed, what were the results, and what impact did the t …
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Has the syntax of any programming language been usability tested?

From Robert Harvey's comment I found this interesting quote from C# designer Anders Hejlsberg: Anders Hejlsberg: Most of it was actually usability studies of IDE features. We might ask, "Can peo …
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