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> But with programming tools reaching maturity, we'll see more of this. Programming languages reached maturity 31 years ago, with the approval of X3.226-1994,
by eadmund 2y ago
> But with programming tools reaching maturity, we'll see more of this.
Programming languages reached maturity 31 years ago, with the approval of X3.226-1994, which specified a language which is at once textual and structured, and easily amenable to structured editing:
(defun square (x)
(* x x))
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Structured editing was being performed on teletypes almost 60 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlisp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlisp
The future is here; it’s just not evenly distributed.