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Re:Handwriting Programs in J by NHQ on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @01:52PM (#15451661)
Next, train a neural network to read your handwriting and spit out the code.
Re:Handwriting Programs in J by dang on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @02:27PM (#15452007)
Please don't post drive-by dismissals to HN. We're hoping for better than that here.

Unorthodox creative approaches are particularly vulnerable to this kind of thing and deserve much better.

Re:Handwriting Programs in J by hwayne on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @03:15PM (#15452501)
I thought about doing this, but 1) I have zero experience with neural networks, and 2) I think "convert handwriting to code" would work better with something like APL, which has more distinct symbols.

That said, having an APL IDE that had pen input would be a really cool idea.