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> This use of color further reduces the syntax, or punctuation, needed. It also makes explicit how the computer will interpret each word. As always when colorF
by Zababa 5y ago
> This use of color further reduces the syntax, or punctuation, needed. It also makes explicit how the computer will interpret each word.
As always when colorForth is mentionned, I'm personally colorblind so I'm glad stuff like that isn't more popular. The red takes me a long time to parse, especially if I don't know the part is supposed to be red. There is a value in plain text.
- 7thaccount 5y agoCharles Moore was once criticized for this and he pointed out you could just use font instead I think. Keep in mind he generally builds these things for himself based off of his own needs. I can't remember if this is default for the GreenArrays chips though, so perhaps that doesn't hold in all situations.
- Zababa 5y ago> Charles Moore was once criticized for this and he pointed out you could just use font instead I think. I think that would be terrible too but people seem to love their fancy fonts, italics and ligatures, at least in the JS world, like here https://miro.medium.com/max/1200/1*hE_nLB776KUDXPERE_3cXw.png https://miro.medium.com/max/1200/1*hE_nLB776KUDXPERE_3cXw.pn.... I honestly don't see the point and find it harder to read but to each their own. > Keep in mind he generally builds these things for himself based off of his own needs. I can't remember if this is default for the GreenArrays chips though, so perhaps that doesn't hold in all situations. This was more of a general comment about the idea.
- 7thaccount 5y agoAh gotcha. I recalled someone getting upset about it being difficult for those reading code via braille (iirc) or maybe they weren't upset, but were just asking about it lol.
- Zababa 5y agoOh no I'm not upset at all, in a way I find the idea very cool, adding a dimension to code with a visual indicator is a great idea. But as someone that would be badly affected by it, I'm glad it's not done.
- 7thaccount 5y agoTotally understandable. My father is color blind too (particularly red/green), so I totally get that. I just dumbly assumed the comment was because you were bent out of shape as 90% of the internet seems to be these days :). My apologies.
- Zababa 5y agoNo worries!
- daniel-cussen 5y agoWell so it as a matter of fact was designed for people with poor vision.
- drivers99 5y agoEach word has a 4-bit field correspond to its purpose so you could use some other method than color. https://colorforth.github.io/parsed.html https://colorforth.github.io/parsed.html I wonder if simply choosing better colors depending on the type of color blindness would be a quick fix, starting with not using red and green.
- Zababa 5y agoThat's true, if the editor supports importing your own color (like syntax highlighting often does) it's not a problem.