Re: simple vs complex languages

Alex Colvin wrote:
>
> >> I really think it is a pity that no language offers a fancier
> >> interface than plain textual files, typed thru an editor. The syntax
> >> directed editors of the late 1980's are gone. [...]
>
> >Inspired by what I was learning at the time about functional programming
> >languages and type systems, I convinced myself that the language of
> >modules-and-wires could be extended with just a few choice visual
> >metaphors to gain all the expressiveness of a textual programming language.
>
> See LabView, a graphical language for controlling laboratory
> instrumentation. Great for small systems. Doesn't scale particularly well.
>
> It's hard to beat text for information density.


See also Simulink, which is absolutely delightful for writing dynamic
simulations. I can do in one afternoon what used to take months.


Jack

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