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What is the interactivity that must be experienced to fully appreciate

smcn 4y ago
I'd point anyone interested to: http://joaotavora.github.io/sly/ http://joaotavora.github.io/sly/ Creating and redefining functions on a running program is incredible to experience. The turn around time for feature is so much quicker because you can, for example, save a web request and continue applying it to functions until you figure what's wrong. You're also able to inspect data just by clicking on it. For example, I can define a class, create an instance of it and then click on it to see its data. https://i.imgur.com/4jydmBy.png https://i.imgur.com/4jydmBy.png Another interesting feature is how errors are handled. If you encounter one which causes the program to stop, it'll raise a frame from which you can choose what it should do next. Should it continue anyway or retry, maybe you should redefine a function, maybe you want to change some of the data. Options are endless. Something else that I don't use nearly as much as I should is the labels feature from SLY, which allows you to mark certain sexps and record the data that gets passed through them. Image here: http://joaotavora.github.io/sly/images/tutorial-6.png http://joaotavora.github.io/sly/images/tutorial-6.png There is so much more that could be mentioned and I'm sure there are other people with their own favourite features but these are mine.
- noloblo 4y ago
  Isnt this similar to ipython or ghci or Javascript console what's different?
sph 4y ago
A short video is more than a thousand words: https://youtu.be/tmKrF-QAcOk https://youtu.be/tmKrF-QAcOk For a longer visual introduction, I have been enjoying kaveh808's videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTA6M4yZF0MzsMlNL0N67tIU12OLQ-R5K https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTA6M4yZF0MzsMlNL0N67tIU1...
- kaveh808 4y ago
  Thank you. Glad you are enjoying my videos. This longer demo of an early version of kons-9 talks about some CL features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJe4isZ7NHI&list=PLTA6M4yZF0MyfQKsZVj4dUrPBq0p1lCrW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJe4isZ7NHI&list=PLTA6M4yZF0...
  - noloblo 4y ago
    How different is this from ghci or ipython

smcn 4y ago

I'd point anyone interested to: http://joaotavora.github.io/sly/ http://joaotavora.github.io/sly/ Creating and redefining functions on a running program is incredible to experience. The turn around time for feature is so much quicker because you can, for example, save a web request and continue applying it to functions until you figure what's wrong. You're also able to inspect data just by clicking on it. For example, I can define a class, create an instance of it and then click on it to see its data. https://i.imgur.com/4jydmBy.png https://i.imgur.com/4jydmBy.png Another interesting feature is how errors are handled. If you encounter one which causes the program to stop, it'll raise a frame from which you can choose what it should do next. Should it continue anyway or retry, maybe you should redefine a function, maybe you want to change some of the data. Options are endless. Something else that I don't use nearly as much as I should is the labels feature from SLY, which allows you to mark certain sexps and record the data that gets passed through them. Image here: http://joaotavora.github.io/sly/images/tutorial-6.png http://joaotavora.github.io/sly/images/tutorial-6.png There is so much more that could be mentioned and I'm sure there are other people with their own favourite features but these are mine.

noloblo 4y ago
Isnt this similar to ipython or ghci or Javascript console what's different?

sph 4y ago

A short video is more than a thousand words: https://youtu.be/tmKrF-QAcOk https://youtu.be/tmKrF-QAcOk For a longer visual introduction, I have been enjoying kaveh808's videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTA6M4yZF0MzsMlNL0N67tIU12OLQ-R5K https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTA6M4yZF0MzsMlNL0N67tIU1...

kaveh808 4y ago
Thank you. Glad you are enjoying my videos. This longer demo of an early version of kons-9 talks about some CL features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJe4isZ7NHI&list=PLTA6M4yZF0MyfQKsZVj4dUrPBq0p1lCrW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJe4isZ7NHI&list=PLTA6M4yZF0...
- noloblo 4y ago
  How different is this from ghci or ipython