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Re:Pyret: A new programming language from the creators of Ra... by aidenn0 on Saturday November 09, 2013 @03:37PM (#6703079)
I think you're completely backwards on this.

Code folding in an IDE is an example of a way in which text files aren't necessarily static and behavior-less. I see no reason to move away from an underlying representation as text.

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Re:Pyret: A new programming language from the creators of Ra... by stcredzero on Saturday November 09, 2013 @04:33PM (#6703343)
I see no reason to move away from an underlying representation as text.

A big reason is that otherwise people won't move away from the paradigm of static text files. The best they'll do is text files with little gimmicks attached to them.

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