Re:Not Lisp again (2009)
by Chris2048 on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @10:52AM
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I think one problem with certain 'declarative' styles, is that imperative code is, in a sense, temporarily ordered.
When you lose this, you need to replace it with some other enforced order, that helps you navigate the code.
Think how much debugging is based on locating buggy code by walking through the execution path and/or data-path. When you lose that kind of strictly linear execution, you still need a layer of heavy modulation to compensate.
Consider reaching a state of https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DotEmacsBankruptcy you can easily modify the editor in any way from any file, so you really need to use in-build tools to navigate how the environment is affected by the config files.
When you lose this, you need to replace it with some other enforced order, that helps you navigate the code.
Think how much debugging is based on locating buggy code by walking through the execution path and/or data-path. When you lose that kind of strictly linear execution, you still need a layer of heavy modulation to compensate.
Consider reaching a state of https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DotEmacsBankruptcy you can easily modify the editor in any way from any file, so you really need to use in-build tools to navigate how the environment is affected by the config files.