@property - take it behind the woodshed and shoot it?

[Dicebot]

On Sunday, 27 January 2013 at 15:42:40 UTC, TommiT wrote:
> On Sunday, 27 January 2013 at 15:22:34 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>> And how it is any better? Also D sources are unicode, so last 
>> two are possible just now and you need no special keyboard for 
>> it. Still the same good old text.
>
> I don't know if what I invented is any better, but my attempt 
> was to make something that's easier to read and less ambiguous 
> than plain text. For example parenthesis would be used only to 
> define the order in which expressions are evaluated, and _not_ 
> to indicate a section of arguments.
>
> But are you really arguing that: "there can be nothing better 
> than plain text for programmers to declare their intent". I 
> wonder why we even have graphic operating systems, if graphic 
> elements don't make thing easier to use and understand.
>
> To me, saying that "D is bad language, because in order to most 
> effectively write and understand the code requires some 
> dedicated software" is like saying "Avid is a bad editing 
> software, because using it most effectively requires some 
> custom keyboard". You can write and understand D code, where 
> parentheses of nullary function calls have been omitted, in 
> notepad - it just may not be most optimal environment. Just 
> like you can use Avid with a regular keyboard, it just may not 
> be most optimal to do so (unless you remember all the keys by 
> heart already).

More noise -> not easier to read. It may has a merit when 
designing grammar unambiguous for reader with limited symbol 
count is impossible but otherwise simple unambiguous 
representation beats complex one. Also your proposal is not very 
different from plain text, it is about on the level of syntax 
highlighting.

We do have graphic operating systems and power users still do use 
consoles/shells for advanced operating system-related work. 
Because graphic elements are easier to understand, but harder 
(less efficient) to use. I am perfectly fine with relaxed mouse 
clicking when I am browsing or watching films or whatever, but 
when I do work - please, give me a pair of my trusted text shells.

I don't know what Avid is but if it requires custom keyboard for 
proper usage - it is either bad or targeted to users with weak 
computer competence (and googling shows it is some audio editing 
stuff, this second option is likely).