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Perl vs. Random Syntax

Just noticed something that might be interesting to folks here, the title is "An Empirical Comparison of the Accuracy Rates of Novices using the Quorum, Perl, and Randomo Programming Languages" and the abstract finishes with "...Results showed that while Quorum users were afforded significantly greater accuracy compared to those using Perl and Randomo, Perl users were unable to write programs more accurately than those using a language designed by chance."

http://www.cs.siue.edu/~astefik/papers/StefikPlateau2011.pdf