On 06/03/2008, Dave Griffiths <dave_at_pawfal.org> wrote:
>
> This was the point of betablocker - any sequence of it's 30 or so
> instructions is legal and runnable.
>
> It doesn't make the code easier to read or understand though - quite the
> opposite :)
At least that does save you the situation where you have to shout at the
parser "Yes, that *is* perfectly valid and you are wrong!".
:¬)
But yes, you are right, I very much enjoyed the point you made about
assembler and LISP while I was typing. Syntax, while restricting, is also
convenient. I think what Alex is after is a syntax that has most of the
traditional benefits of convenience as well as doing away with being
consciously aware of the restrictions.
I have to say though that when my Nord Modular editor refuses to plug a
certain cable into a given socket that usually means I made a mistake. In
practice that speeds up the process of expressing what I want to express and
doesn't strike me as being needlessly restrictive.... but the NM probably
leads to less "hey... that's cool too" moments then Betablocker.
Kas.
Received on Thu Mar 06 2008 - 12:02:25 GMT