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> With something that Apple calls an “interactive playground,” Swift is even exploring a highly visual kind of programming that may go beyond other mainstream l
by krisgee 12y ago
> With something that Apple calls an “interactive playground,” Swift is even exploring a highly visual kind of programming that may go beyond other mainstream languages
I thought the "interactive playground" was just a REPL, is it something more?
- VeejayRampay 12y agoThere's apparently some form of Bret Victor-ish "modify code, see impact on program on the fly" thing going on with the playground. Can't provide details or links, just what I read.
- matthewmacleod 12y agoYes, it's more than a REPL. It doesn't work at the level of single expressions. It's more like a script editor that re-runs the script in realtime, as it's edited. It also allows real-time inspection of values, with useful visual representations (e.g. graphs of values over time, colours, paths, images etc.) It's pretty cool, though I'm not sure how much use it is over a regular debugger for an experienced programmer. Great for playing around with though.
- collyw 12y agoSo like iPython notebook?
- michaelcampbell 12y agoSo... like a smalltalk environment? Or something like jsfiddle for javascript?