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Can you please explain why Joy is simple to a non-programmer ? because all i see is verbose language, and i know some programming.

• carapace 9y ago
  > Can you please explain why Joy is simple to a non-programmer ? I don't know, but I'll try. It's simple, small, and fun. First, everything about it is simpler than most other languages. (It may be the simplest useful language, e.g. "Brainf*ck" is simpler but impractical.) Second, there are many small basis sets of functions that provide Turing-completeness. Meaning that you only have to master a few functions to be able to build any possible function. Third, developing code in Joy is very like a simple puzzle-solving game, it's very fun. I may be teaching it to non-programmers in a kind of seminar or course soon, so if you are really interested in real-world data please check back on the Thun site in a month or two. Feel free to get in contact with me through that site as well.