Velato: A programming language where source code must be a valid MIDI music file

Re:Velato: A programming language where source code must be ... by WillAdams on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @08:26AM (#39603059)

Have you ever read Hermann Hesse's _The Glass Bead Game_? (also published as _Magister Audi_)

Every time I see alternative representations of knowledge/computer code/algorithms it comes to mind.

Would you expect a person to be able to achieve a mastery of this to the point where they could play and control something in an improvisation? Say something like to the character Agatha Heterodyne of Kaja and Phil Foglio's web comic _Girl Genius_ controlling an army of clanks (robots):

https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061229

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Re:Velato: A programming language where source code must be ... by xpointer on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @07:49PM (#39610963)

Funny you should ask; someone interviewed me about a few of my esolangs for their dissertation last year and referenced the Glass Bead Game.

It would take a lot of practice to improvise Velato, but that would be amazing!

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Re:Velato: A programming language where source code must be ... by WillAdams on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @10:46PM (#39624860)

There are times when I worry that the ubiquity of computers is crushing experimentation in computer interface concepts.

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Re:Velato: A programming language where source code must be ... by WillAdams on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:17AM (#39629343)

_Magister Ludi_ (stupid auto-correct)

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