Any proposal for non-textual programming languages will take off as soon as the number of tools is equal to those for files /cc @raganwald
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@bascht @raganwald Good point. Also, the only successful “programming language” for end users I know of.
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@stilkov @bascht @raganwald simulink? Ascet? Mathematica? Maple? It's just that they are dedicated to certain domains...
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@berndkolb @bascht @raganwald You are right, should have qualified that as “general purpose” PLs
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@stilkov @bascht @raganwald interesting question is why are we so obsessed with text? That limits our expressivity unnecessarily. 1/2
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Replying to @berndkolb
@berndkolb @bascht @raganwald of course it’s limiting, that’s exactly why there are so many tools supporting this ecosystem

Nov 30, 2015 · 9:42 PM UTC

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