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> However when programming it seems like we arent asking the machine to "write a function to do X", but rather saying, "def open-paren star args...." Click the
by dustedcodes 4y ago
> However when programming it seems like we arent asking the machine to "write a function to do X", but rather saying, "def open-paren star args...."
Click the link first and take a look at what is being showcased, because your comment is the exact opposite of what they demo when you visit the HN link.
- mjburgess 4y agoYou're right... So, yes, it will be largely useless (as shown) for actual programming. But I suspect there'll be a subset of its features consistent with my comment that will be actually useful. Programming, via Naur/Ryle, is always a kind of theory building. And unless you're basically copy/pasting, it's a novel theory of some area (, business process, etc.). That's something where intentions arent even really communicable as such, since the art of programming is sketching possible theories as a way of finding out what we ought intend. So this is another gimmik with maybe marginal improvements at the edges.