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It might be nice to read code like this, but what is the big idea? I had to use labview and out of comfort opted for the script engine to implement as much as i
by vegedor 12y ago
It might be nice to read code like this, but what is the big idea? I had to use labview and out of comfort opted for the script engine to implement as much as it could, because the graphical building blocks still represent the same syntax.
Not particularly hard to implement a code viewer for the specific examples and the parser is one of the less complicated parts of a compiler, i suppose. Instead of quotes as delimiters you get e.g. xml tags, that the editor generates.
- backlava 12y agoSeems like everyone who spends 20 minutes designing a programming language comes up with this idea or similar. Yawn. Syntax isn't what makes programming hard.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoIt is not about writing, but about reading. We actually spend most of our time doing the latter rather than the former.
- backlava 12y agoA nice syntax that makes things easier to read is a nice to have. It doesn't make writing or reading programs substantially easier, though. IMO.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoDid you contradict yourself or am I missing something between the first and second sentence?
- backlava 12y agoMaybe the word 'substantially'
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoFair enough. I guess you don't really believe in UX design either, since how something looks and feels is orthogonal to its functionality.
- backlava 12y agoThe shallower the problem you're solving, the more important UX issues will be, relatively. When you're writing complex software, putting the text in boxes instead of quotes matters approximately not at all.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoProgramming language designers are basically UX designers for the task of programming. It's all very important, or Lisp would be much more popular than it is.