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Which is your question? "Why is this useful?" or "How do I use this with something like the DOM?" or both or something else?
by argv_empty 13y ago
Which is your question? "Why is this useful?" or "How do I use this with something like the DOM?" or both or something else?
- taeric 13y agoMy question is if there are explorations of where "the aesthetic value of having one's code be math-like" is explored at a more objective level. Aesthetics are nice, but they do little to explore the ultimate goal of getting things done. I confess I really like the exploration in SICP of the value and place of imperative programming versus declarative programming. I do think there is a space for both, but I worry at the gymnastics we go through to never mix our metaphor away from "equation like" and over to "directions like."
- argv_empty 13y agoAesthetics is really not my area, so I don't know how aesthetic claims are generally evaluated in a formal or objective way. If the ultimate goal is getting things done, I would suggest ignoring the aesthetics talk.
- taeric 13y agoRight, but most of the posts seem to focus on the aesthetics talk. Where are the ones that delve into more objective or even empirical results?