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If a site like StackOverflow/Github had a more powerful search, better semantic data, etc. maybe people would be able to create things primarily by searching th
by arikrak 14y ago
If a site like StackOverflow/Github had a more powerful search, better semantic data, etc. maybe people would be able to create things primarily by searching through it?
In this example, one would type "sort array" and it would auto-find a function that sorts an array, but perhaps more advanced things can also be done? I guess it depends somewhat on how re-usable code really is, besides on the ability of a computer to find the right code.
At the very least, there should be better search/help when one is coding. SO's current search isn't good at returning the best results.
- ardrabczyk 14y agoYeah, I thought about the same. The Internet is just the enormous knowledge base. And the Internet is not only WWW, it's also IRC, Usenet, FTP servers, TOR, all kinds of darknets. It's worth more than any printed encyclopedia or dictionary. Yet, there is still no a good way to find a particular information fast, especially for non-IT people. Therefore, every initiative to make simpler is worth attention.
- ufo 14y agoOn a more serious note, Hoogle[1] does something similar for the Haskell standard libraries: You give it a type signature (essentially a sort of specification of what the function should do) and it tells you if there are any functions that match it. [1] http://www.haskell.org/hoogle/ http://www.haskell.org/hoogle/