On 2022-10-22 15:04:58 +0200, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > On 2022-10-19 12:10:52 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 at 12:01, Peter J. Holzer <hjp-pyt...@hjp.at> wrote: > > > On 2022-10-17 09:25:00 +0200, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > > > > 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). > > > > There are special-purpose languages like Scratch which are not simple > > text in that form. > > Yes, I know. > > It has a different goal though: Scratch tries to establish a friendly > learning environment. Get rid of typing and syntax errors that beginners > find so frustrating. > > What I'm interested in is an enviroment for developing medium-sized real > applications.
Late addendum: Watch ["Stop Writing Dead Programs" by Jack Rusher (Strange Loop 2022)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ab3ArE8W3s) for an overview of some ideas about programming environments. hp -- _ | Peter J. Holzer | Story must make more sense than reality. |_|_) | | | | | h...@hjp.at | -- Charles Stross, "Creative writing __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | challenge!"
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