Show HN: E– – A language you dial between English and Python

A new project called E-- wants to turn a carefully controlled form of English into Python, the popular coding language, with the big sales pitch being: let an AI help before the program runs, then lock everything down so the final result is stable and predictable. In theory, it’s the best of both worlds — human-friendly wording up front, boring reliability afterward. But in the comments, the crowd was immediately split, and honestly, that’s where the real fireworks started.

The loudest reaction was basically: "Isn’t this just extra steps?" One commenter flat-out said their first instinct was, I’d rather write Python, which is about as devastating as it gets in a coding thread. Others pushed the same vibe: if an AI writes code once and you save it, why is this system meaningfully different? That skepticism became the thread’s central drama — supporters see a neat safety rail for AI-assisted coding, while critics see a dressed-up command language pretending to be English.

Then came the identity crisis. One user pointed out the name clashes with the older and influential E programming language, while another escalated the joke with: "next: a programming language named 码". And tucked inside the snark was one genuinely curious twist: could this actually become a super-readable testing language, like a storybook for software? So yes, people mocked it, questioned it, and side-eyed the branding — but they also couldn’t stop kicking the idea around, which is usually how you know a nerdy launch has landed.