Re: Human Readable programming language
Sorry, you've been beaten to it by 20 years!
Hypercard was the world's first multimedia authoring program, released by Apple in the late 80s. It uses point-and-click to create the actual visuals, like a painting program crossed with Glade or Visual Basic. The language is Hypertalk, which bears a lot of resemblence to your language. You can even use it non-verbosely. And it was VERY popular, partly because the language was easy to write in and understand.
Macromedia had a very similar system with Director (the language was called Lingo), but now they encourage the use of the non-verbose version.
You can download a trial version of Runtime Revolution for Linux, Mac or Windows, which will let you experience a slightly-modified version of Hypertalk.
I try to treat the cause, not the symptom. I avoid the terminal in instructions, unless it's easier or necessary. My instructions will work within the Ubuntu system, instead of breaking or subverting it. Those are the three guarantees to the helpee.
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