> On 06/03/2008, alex <alex_at_lurk.org> wrote:
> But how could you get the meaning across without the syntax of wires? I
>> think by making distance meaningful, putting labels close together or
>> far apart would somehow describe their relationship. Instead of a graph
>> of labels you would make clusters of labels with particular semantic
>> arrangements.
>
>
> The only way out -to me- seems a system where everything that can be
> expressed is meaningful. If we wanted to nit-pick (which I honestly
> don't!)
> we'd have to say it comes down to a "system where everything that can be
> expressed within the system is meaningful", and admit there is still
> syntax
> there. If I take a Reactible, take three of the blocks put to the side and
> start juggling with those that's clearly a expression that's outside of
> the
> legal range of expressions to the Reactable.
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 :)
cheers,
dave
Received on Thu Mar 06 2008 - 11:58:26 GMT