On 2022-10-17 09:25:00 +0200, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > > which had special combinations for all the BASIC keywords). And if you > > go this way, why not go a step further and dissociate the program from > > its linear text representation? Add footnotes, different views, > > hyperlinks, format mathematical expressions like formulas, etc. > > http://literateprogramming.com/
Right. That's one of the inspirations for my comment.
But literate programming is of course still very much rooted in the
"linear text representation" paradigm. You have one definite source
which is a linear text.
In a world of IDEs, databases and hypertext that's probably not the best
we can do. As Raymond Hettinger would say, "there must be a better way".
It would be very different from mainstream programming languages,
however. And ideally you would want it to integrate with a lot of other
infrastructure. So that alone might make it a non-starter, even if it
was really good (which realistically early iterations wouldn't be).
hp
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