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Message: [QUOTE="Malcolm Dew-Jones, post: 4773833"] buildmorelines (bulk88@hotmail.com) wrote: : Is there any script or pragma or something that will translate perl : code to pure english, like that perl latin module, just in english. I : want to show a person who cant read perl code or any computer : language, some perl code, so they have remotly a clue what the code : does or how it flows. It doesnt need to perfectly make sense or be : proper english sentences. Just soemthing that will translate perl code : and/or syntax to english. I don't know the name of the project, and I suspect it is _written_ in perl, not _tranlating_ perl. However, there was a project that converted program code into proper english. The object was to prove that computer code is an expression of an idea, not merely functional, and therefore (in the U.S.) protected. This came about due to issues around the licensing of DVD code and the intention of the owners of the code to prevent people from being allowed to read copies of the code. (not whether they could _use_ the code, but whether they could even be allowed to _read_ the code). The argument was that by proving computer code expresses ideas, they would have proved that people can not be prevented from reading (and discussing etc) those ideas. So, googling over dvd topics might find something. [/QUOTE]