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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by stephengillie on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:28PM (#6015208)
I could see it with a graphical programming language -- one where a FOR loop is a large box into which you'd drag other commands, where each variable and equation is an icon you drag out from the side. Almost like a physics flash game.
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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by TheMakeA on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:31PM (#6015230)
We mostly expected people to attach a bluetooth keyboard to their tablet or phone. For people who insisted on using a touch screen, we were working on a graphical context sensitive system like you describe -- except for existing languages (Objective-C)... because nobody wants to keep tapping semicolons and parenthesis :-)
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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by Fixnum on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @01:28AM (#6017633)
Something like http://scratch.mit.edu/ ?
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