Thought this might be of interest to some on here. Worth looking at in the sense of it's something different, though I'm not sure it's something I'd take to using much, if ever.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/8/9275011/alda-musical-command-line-notation Is the story I came across.
And the main Alda site: http://daveyarwood.github.io/alda/2015/09/05/alda-a-manifesto-and-gentle-introduction/