Ask HN: Which people and groups are researching new approaches to programming? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Which people and groups are researching new approaches to programming?

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Post by magicmouse » Fri, Jan 22, 2016, 8:25 PM UTC

I am working on a new computer language called Beads, which is designed to replace the current development stack for both personal computers, mobile devices, and web. You can find out more about this project at e-dejong.com

The focus of my tool is creating graphical interactive software: iphone and Android apps, desktop apps, and things that run in the browser. The notation is compact, readable, and straightforward. It has many innovative aspects: new data structures, physical units (something FORTRAN just got after 30 years in the in-basket), and deductive reasoning which dramatically reduces the length of programs. It is not a design by graphics system, but a language. It isn't that abstract, and is far more straightforward than Haskell or PROLOG. It is not a LISP derivative.

Re: Ask HN: Which people and groups are researching new approaches to programming?

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Post by magicmouse » Fri, Jan 22, 2016, 8:32 PM UTC

I really love Jonathan Edward's chart where he shows the big stack of technologies one has to master to build apps today. The goal is to replace that entire stack with one language. That would be the 10:1 improvement that would really make a difference. The burning question therefore, is what can replace that entire stack? Clearly you have to offer a way of storing and structuring data that improves upon the table. otherwise you are back in relational database hell.

Re: Ask HN: Which people and groups are researching new approaches to programming?

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Post by cycomachead » Tue, Jan 26, 2016, 3:20 AM UTC

From Scratch you should checkout Snap! and snap.berkeley.edu

John Maloney (co-inventor of Scratch), Jens Moenig (who was on the Scratch Team and develops Snap!), along with Yoshiki Oshima (who may also have been on the Scratch team), are deveolping a new langauge "GP" (for General Purpose) which like "professional Scratch".

Here's a video of it: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...

There's also lots of extenstions to Scratch and Snap! particularly around CS education, and I'd be happy to discuss those!