Hi Alex, I really like the 'visual' approach! looking forward to see where
this is going - thanks for sharing!
michele
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:44 PM, alex <alex_at_lurk.org> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Here's a quick screencast of my new livecoding environment in progress,
> 'Text':
> http://www.youtube.com/user/yaxu?feature=mhum#p/a/u/0/lY-NaFqRviI
>
> The idea is to have a visual programming language that is more fully
> visual, using distance in its syntax. The graph is generated
> automatically, you don't have to connect the words manually like in
> max and pd. The closest, type-compatible words get connected
> together. The different colours are different types (e.g. white is a
> function). The interface is implemented in C with clutter, the graph
> is then compiled into Haskell code and sent to the Haskell
> interpreter. Currying works. Lots more to do UI wise... Most of the
> work was reimplementing the Haskell type system in C, a lot of painful
> fun.
>
> I think the end result is a messy programming notation where accidents
> are likely, but thanks to the strict type system, rarely disasterous.
>
> Cheers,
>
> alex
>
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>
Received on Mon Nov 22 2010 - 10:48:26 GMT