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Re:A Programming Language for the Internet of Things [pdf] by petra on Saturday September 16, 2017 @01:53PM (#15265706)
Who says tools must be general purpose ? What's wrong with a set of domain specific tools(highly extensible with code) with a lot of advantages ,with some decent ways to tie them up(that might require code) ?

Isn't it similar to framework based programming ,which is most of programming ?

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Re:A Programming Language for the Internet of Things [pdf] by Cthulhu_ on Saturday September 16, 2017 @03:09PM (#15266140)
Those do exist, but like you said yourself, domain specific tooling. Can't extend that to general purpose (in this case, IoT). Closest thing in that sphere would be the Mindstorms editor (https://wcpsrobotics.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/programming...).
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Re:A Programming Language for the Internet of Things [pdf] by petra on Saturday September 16, 2017 @04:15PM (#15266507)
Actually the IOT might be domain specific(or somewhere in the middle). Thingworx has a very successful visual platform for the IOT.

https://www.liveworx.com/downloads/exclusive-content/The-Thi...

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Re:A Programming Language for the Internet of Things [pdf] by dukoid on Saturday September 16, 2017 @02:16PM (#15265827)
They tend to be more tricky to combine than frameworks.
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