If he is serious, well, he's discovered a good idea already implemented in other languages. If he can pull it off better in some way, then he might invent a language that will be used.
But, I do hope he has tried a wide variety of languages, especially the terse ones. I hope he sees that a terse language with thousands of 1-line "things"--be they functions or "microprograms"--isn't necessarily easy to use and understandable.
But, I do hope he has tried a wide variety of languages, especially the terse ones. I hope he sees that a terse language with thousands of 1-line "things"--be they functions or "microprograms"--isn't necessarily easy to use and understandable.