Re:Eve: Programming designed for humans
by zenobit256 on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:37PM
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I'm sorry, but that doesn't give the connotation that it's "designed for humans". Perhaps if they could give a clear indication of what that means other than "it's in a word document", I'd be more inclined to look at it a little harder.
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Watching the video is probably the best way to get an understanding of what it's about. It's hard to describe an "experience" with text. Their video made more sense to me than most of the written explanation.
It's hard to describe an "experience" with text.
That's kind of the the thing that literate programming is trying to solve[0]. But if the experts aren't able to do it for their own product, what chance does a random programmer have with their own code?
[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12818653
"When we communicate to one another face-to-face, we use gestures, expressions, intonation, etc. to articulate an idea. On the internet, when we communicate with just text, much of my meaning is lost forever and never apparent to anyone who reads this. Programming is much the same way."
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No, he's absolutely right; it's not clear at all how this is supposed to be human-friendly. I think it's incredibly hard to read and looks like it's going to be an unmaintainable mess by throwing random APIs like Slack into the standard library. I wouldn't say I'm salty, but I'm certainly confused as to why this is what it claims to be, rather than just a very specific beginner web dev language.
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Re:Eve: Programming designed for humans
by teaearlgraycold on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:23PM
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>I'm sorry, but that doesn't give the connotation that it's "designed for humans". Perhaps if they could give a clear indication of what that means other than "it's in a word document", I'd be more inclined to look at it a little harder.
To be fair, this can easily be read as bitter. "I'm sorry, but", "Perhaps if they could ... I'd be more inclined to look" both come off that way.