On 14/03/2010, at 1:10 PM, James McCartney wrote: > Also, I don't know if I need to say this, but my perception is that > people around here may hate this because of the strong functional > programming stance, but I think the key neat idea here is the idea of > fusing UI. So if possible, try to get past any other prejudices he or > you might have.
No, it's very good - definitely a step in the right direction. Introspection or breaking apart seems missing, though I'm sure we didn't see the entire system from this short demo - introspection is very useful as a tool for discovering more about how to code in a language. I quite like Alice as a programming environment just in terms of the UI. It encourages discovery and experimentation. Part of the trouble seems to be, though, that like smalltalk and self, programs seem to need to ensure they have the entire "world" at their disposal... Julian. _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list [email protected] http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
