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This was kind of depressing. It seems like almost everything aside from IPython and Mathematica in this list is still worshiping at the altar of PARC. That, a
by jstewartmobile 9y ago
This was kind of depressing. It seems like almost everything aside from IPython and Mathematica in this list is still worshiping at the altar of PARC. That, and two of the most common UIs for GSD (Vim and Emacs) aren't even on the list.
On a personal note, I'm particularly hostile to the Squeak/LabView style of flowchart programming. Once you get something even slightly non-trivial going, you can just feel your life force being drained by all of the scrolling and zooming and dragging and futzing.
- zild3d 9y agoNever used squeak, but LabView and Simulink are actually nice to use for large and complex systems. You use sub-routines to build abstraction layers. If you want to design an entire system without any abstractions, sure that would be a pain, but I suppose you can do the same in any language, it's just bad design. For example, you create a high pass filter using all the necessary components and flows, and then you abstract it out as a black box called High Pass Filter, and can re-use as needed throughout the system.
- jstewartmobile 9y agoYou know what else allows for functional decomposition, but without having to carefully use the select tool around irregular shapes and connectors? Text files. They're pretty neat.
- pjmlp 9y agoI rather have my IDEs with their graphical code navigation features, regardless how the information is stored.