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Wow, actually I do remember that, and it sucked! So, I've never written apl, and I'm glad I read this comment because that's an excellent point you raise. To
by qop 8y ago
Wow, actually I do remember that, and it sucked!
So, I've never written apl, and I'm glad I read this comment because that's an excellent point you raise.
To expand a bit, I was thinking about being able to notate computation graphically. That's really what I want. Visual programming has existed and has sucked forever, but those thoughts don't go away that there might be a way to do it, if I just had the missing piece.
I need to sit down with dyalog and find out what I'm missing, it sounds like.
Thanks!
- eigenspace 8y agoTo be fair, ownning an iPad Pro, I can say first hand that the handwriting recognition possible with the stylus is actually quite remarkable and a great improvement from the old palm-pilot days.
- qop 8y agoWith that new interface, could you see yourself jotting down a "sentence" of APL that maybe you think of in a meeting or something? I mainly am interested in apl as a notation, there's a certain lispy zen to a language that unifies notation and code into the same thing. Maybe there are better handwriting notations to explore for what I'm thinking.
- Sean1708 8y ago> With that new interface, could you see yourself jotting down a "sentence" of APL that maybe you think of in a meeting or something? If you've got an Android device you could give MyScript Calculator a go, if writing APL was as easy as writing equations on that app then it would be a lovely experience.
- nickpeterson 8y agohttps://www.sacrideo.us/paper-is-dead-long-live-paper-programming/ https://www.sacrideo.us/paper-is-dead-long-live-paper-progra... I think one thing to consider would be actually using paper. The terseness means you don't really pay a 'retyping' penalty.