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On the other hand, can one just scribble code with hand and use OCR to get it right?

• bogwog 4y ago
  Programming languages require a lot of precision (one missing symbol, improperly capitalized letter, etc will break the entire thing), whereas even the best OCR is very imprecise. That sounds like a really bad combination. On the other hand, maybe a specialized programming language optimized for that could work. The blueprints idea seems like a good concept to start with.
  • abdullahkhalids 4y ago
    That was definitely in my mind. There are dyslexic fonts to help people not confuse letters. We want a programming language whose structure is fairly immune to small mistakes. This is helped by the fact that inkbase has a domain-specific language, which does not have to be generally expressive, and where often short snippets are to be written.
  • bee_rider 4y ago
    It would be nice to be able to basically write an equation and have it evaluate. Even a pretty complicated one… A full programming language would be interesting but pretty alien. As someone who for whatever reason tends to end up with lots of super/sub/subsubscripts (sometimes with multiple dimensions in each!) — variables with, like, more than 6 letters are basically a nightmare when writing by hand. I can’t imagine writing at least with typical variable names, by hand. Although maybe a programming language that looked more like prose would be possible.
    • amatic 4y ago
      >It would be nice to be able to basically write an equation and have it evaluate. Even a pretty complicated one… I heard mathpix is basically that, math via ocr to solution (haven't used it personally).