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I'm fine with new things. That's another tangent you're on. The original one that started all this was a claim that pseudocode wasn't about broad understanding. The Pascal-like pseudocode that I've seen for over a decade now has been there for familiarity and understanding. Even lay people get it without much work. If they didn't want it comprehensible, they'd be using C language they wrote the code in or who knows what.

Now, the OP designing a new method for perceived benefits is fine. I even encourage experimentation. That's a different topic. I haven't even responded to that one that I recall. I was countering misinformation about common pseudocode. Discussing OP's would require me actually using it on a number of problems along with diverse set of others with a meta-analysis of reported pro's and con's. Obviously haven't done that... ;)



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