[sergiotapia]

This basically just counts syllables and if it has few of them, they are tossed as '8th grade level'.

[coolsunglasses]

You got rejected by it, incidentally.

[TillE]

Unsurprisingly, such a technique seems likely to be biased against non-native speakers. But it's entirely possible to make insightful points without sophisticated language.

[deadairspace]

> it's entirely possible to make insightful points without sophisticated language.

"Growing a Language" by Guy Steele is an extreme example of that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0

[konstruktor]

How ironic, because the posting is very relevant by providing a concise summary of the code.