I wasn't referring to Leo itself when I said that -- I was referring to the "solving large problems" part of your original post. In the big picture, tools such as Leo will allow the development of better tools which will in turn allow us to solve the big problems. This will probably take many years, lifetimes even. In the short term, there is nothing to do but have a good idea of where you want to go and do the slow slog in that direction -- feature by feature, bug by bug, doc by doc. Like Linus Torvalds says, "Don’t worry about the big questions. If you can just solve every single nagging detail, the big questions will have solved themselves." http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/openvoices/linus-torvalds-part-ii/ (good interview by the way).
On Nov 5, 8:04 am, "Edward K. Ream" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Jesse Aldridge > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Create tools that make it easier to express, exchange, filter and > > realize ideas. This will allow us to get a grip on what we need to do and > > how we > can do it. > > As a side-effect this will also lead to the development of even better > > tools (the law of accelerating returns). Repeat until singularity. > > Hmm. There have been many "breakthroughs" in Leo's development, and > each one leads to new developments. However, actual "singularities" > have been rare. > > 1. The first was using MORE as a prototype for the first Leo. Within > an hour that prototype had answered months of half-formed questions. > @others was born in that hour. Around that time I also saw the real > uses of clones. > > 2. e's huge scripting Aha of "bringing scripts to data". Script > buttons were only the manifestation of the singularity. > > Off hand I can't think of anything else that truly qualifies as a > "singularity", and I see nothing on the horizon that might qualify. > Better integration with existing editors might yield a "singular" > increase in Leo's user base I suppose. > > My point is that singularities don't just happen. They almost surely > must be the result of trying to solve a significant problem. Without > a big problem, nothing happens. And at present, I don't see such big > problems in Leo's design space. > > Edward --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
