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Yes DSLs for constructing and styling a hypertext document, but as soon as we go beyond the simple document model of the web they are like handing someone a cha
by hyperion2010 9y ago
Yes DSLs for constructing and styling a hypertext document, but as soon as we go beyond the simple document model of the web they are like handing someone a chainsaw and asking them to sculpt a chair that will be comfortable to sit in. Some people can do it with just the chainsaw and a lot of practice. However, in order to get most people to not damage themselves or the people who may someday try to sit in the chair, you have to create a robot to control the chainsaw. What you probably wanted was not a chainsaw attached to a robot, but rather a lathe, a plane, and some chisels, and some other hand tools.
- heavenlyblue 9y agoI believe what you’re trying to say is that every product has it’s own lifetime.
- hyperion2010 9y agoNot really lifetimes, even a stone hammer like one used 30k years ago is still useful in the right context (I still find html and css quite useful for what they were originally intended for). More that even very powerful tools have a niche or set of use cases where they excel, and outside that nice other tools are likely to be more empowering to their wielder.