On 28.04.2011, at 18:02, alex wrote:
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> I've been having problems with the "Obscurantism is dangerous. Show us
> your screens." manifesto point lately, as programs are quite obscure
> in general. Maybe an alternative to trying to make visual programming
> languages is to just to write shorter programs... This may be a
> minor/obvious point to make, I guess trying to make terser, more
> 'declarative' languages has been the order of the day for some time,
> e.g. chuck, ixilang and also the shift towards lisps...
yes, perhaps time to make the next iteration of the manifesto ...
I do like the emancipatory sound, but better not blame obscurity.
perhaps: obscurity is for everybody! Show us your screens.
Received on Thu Apr 28 2011 - 19:59:40 BST