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by int_19h 1689 days ago
Words in natural language dictionaries is more akin to functions in libraries. OTOH natural language syntax doesn't change nearly as fast.

But OP is right - we haven't really been doing programming all that long in the grand scheme of things, and there are still too many unsettled questions.

Also, in many cases, we came up with desirable concepts long ago, but using them wasn't feasible due to performance overhead until recently.