Amy Ko developed the computer programming language Wordplay to equalize the playing field for would-be coders. Credit: Doug Parry I had many exciting plans for the end of my sabbatical year.

The computer will then execute the resulting program — this is the end product of coding. In actual day-to-day coding, though, there are additional quality control and error-correction steps.

With AI's rise, effective communication in English is now vital for programming, shifting focus from coding syntax to clarity ...