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I feel like syntax actually helps in writing unambiguous logic. Doing away with syntax and writing in plain English might sound nice to someone who is just star
by amarant 2y ago
I feel like syntax actually helps in writing unambiguous logic. Doing away with syntax and writing in plain English might sound nice to someone who is just starting to learn how to program and it's tired of not understanding syntax, but I feel like doing away with syntax is really doing a disservice to any actual application development.
- loa_in_ 2y agoBut then it turns into writing in a programming language, which is the opposite of the goal of the project.
- amarant 2y agoYeah, what I'm saying is I'm unconvinced that this goal is a good idea to begin with. Even if executed perfectly, I don't think it will be able to compete with programming languages for the purpose of programming.
- dopylitty 2y agoRight, English is just a plain bad way to tell a computer to do something. The signal to noise ratio is too low and references are too ambiguous. You see this with the ridiculous "prompt engineering" crap that has sprung up where people are slowly reinventing programming languages but completely unspecified. Something that could be specified in 4 lines of godforesaken YAML ends up taking 40000 words of very bizarre English and using enough energy to roast a whole pig.
- amai 2y ago> Doing away with syntax and writing in plain English might sound nice Welcome to the world of lawyers. That is exactly what they are doing all days and the outcome is a mess.