Talk:Short Code (computer language)

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I have just removed this material from the Short Code article, which is principally concerned with telecommunications, an unconnected usage. Judging by references on other pages, I suspect that originally there was material on a separate page called Short Codes which Wikipedia kept automatically ignoring and redirecting users to the telecommunications topic.

After a while Googling I found little basis for the claim that 'Short Codes' (plural) was the common name of the language, although the language is implied in many references to the 'short codes' used in programming. Time for an expert to be called in I think!

I am new to all this, so forgive my tardiness in formatting the page properly. I felt it needed a separate page as a matter of urgency to allow it to grow as a separate topic. I will continue updating the references on other pages to this topic unless it is found to be an unnecessary separation. The little research I have done so far gives me the impression that it is a different topic from Pseudocode, but I may be corrected by wiser contributors. All I know for certain is that it did not belong on the Short Code page with all the telecommunications material.

I would especially love to know more about its original developers. Gondooley 20:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have finished fixing pages which should link to here instead of to the other page.Gondooley 19:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I rewrote the article with additional information from the History of Programming Languages proceedings. Espertus 02:35, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]