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How is writing 2d, just because you can't fit a given text on a piece of paper and need to text wrap? That doesn't make it 2d.
by nubg 10mo ago
How is writing 2d, just because you can't fit a given text on a piece of paper and need to text wrap? That doesn't make it 2d.
- likelyMostYes 10mo ago> reliably communicate some of the nested arboreal complexities Text/Subtext, text/'direct' and implied meaning, maybe? I don't think 2D refers to conventional dimensions but to a dimensional structure implicit to text as an object made of objects, nested and nesting all the way up and down. https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/thebrainsong.html https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/thebrainsong...
- bdr 10mo agoI think they mean that, with writing, it’s easier to parse complex syntax trees. Think fractal dimension and finite vs stack memory.
- thechao 10mo agoWeird. I was just having a similar discussion with my colleagues regarding coding style. Anyways, I absolutely view text (code more than prose; but poesy definitely has this!) to be 2D. There is both per-line and interline structure that good formatting surfaces; it simplifies long range reasoning about invariants. I mean... the whole field of typographic ad copy is about 2D writing?