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Re:ELI – A System for Programming with Arrays by pavlov on Tuesday December 16, 2014 @07:14AM (#8756776)
Yeah, my idea is pretty vague. I didn't mean actually using any particular Japanese/Chinese/Korean writing system for programming, but rather something more abstract where elements of the calligraphic aesthetic would be adopted to serve algorithmic notation.

Something like "this large brushy swoop here is the part where all those matrices on the left are reduced, and then on the right we have these leafy things that map them into coordinates"...

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Re:ELI – A System for Programming with Arrays by Pamar on Tuesday December 16, 2014 @07:45AM (#8756861)
Ok, well - maybe I'am going offtopic now but what I'd like to have is a _query language_ based on gesture. I.e. something to analyze data with. This video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo gives an idea of what I'd like to have, but of course in this case the data "transformation" are pre-scripted and the speaker goes through a sort of coreography. Imagine being able to play with data interactively by moving stuff around in space around you.
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