Re: [fonc] Modern General Purpose Programming Language (Was: Task management in a world without apps.)

On 11/5/2013 7:15 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Casey Ransberger casey.obrien.r at gmail.comwrites A fun, but maybe idealisti

Re: [fonc] Modern General Purpose Programming Language (Was: Task management in a world without apps.)

Casey Ransberger casey.obrien.r at gmail.comwrites A fun, but maybe idealistic idea: an "application" of a computer shoul

Re: [fonc] Modern General Purpose Programming Language (Was: Task management in a world without apps.)

Each to their own, but we have always started with 10-20 example cases that we'd like to be really "well fitted" and "nice", plus a few possible "powerful principles". I.e "expressiveness" is usually the main aim. If this seems to be promising then there are lots of ways to approach fast-enough

[fonc] Modern General Purpose Programming Language (Was: Task management in a world without apps.)

On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 04:11:15AM -0800, Alan Kay wrote: > if we were to attempt an ultra high level general purpose language > today, we wouldn't use Squeak or any other Smalltalk as a model or a > starting place. May I ask what would be an acceptable starting point? Maru, maybe? Loup. ___