Minimalism (computing)

snowbird122 wrote: post #5

snorkel wrote: post #2

That describes what every developer aspires to until sales and marketing gets involved and messes everything up.

All that selling. All that marketing. Disgusting.

Yea, good thing we never have to sell software to people who don't care how elegant the code is...

Re: Minimalism (computing)

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Post by davidw » Sat, Jul 19, 2008, 4:33 PM UTC

See "colorForth": http://www.colorforth.com/cf.html

Re: Minimalism (computing)

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Post by izaidi » Sat, Jul 19, 2008, 4:34 PM UTC

pg wrote: post #3

= elegance (math)

True even without the "(math)". I've always liked the idea of elegance applied to writing -- the best writing, like the best code, uses simple language to unusually strong effect.

Re: Minimalism (computing)

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Post by Hexstream » Sat, Jul 19, 2008, 4:57 PM UTC

"Some [Amiga capabilities], such as displaying multiple windows at different color depths and resolutions on the same physical screen, have yet to be duplicated at all."

Why could the Amiga do this and current computers can't? Is it any screen that can display multiple resolutions simultaneously? If so, why don't current OSes support this?

Re: Minimalism (computing)

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Post by sarehu » Sat, Jul 19, 2008, 4:58 PM UTC

lpgauth wrote: post #4

# Text editors: Notepad, Nano, Leafpad, joe, vi, diakonos, Nedit, ne, ed How is notepad considered minimalist compared to vi?

How is vi considered minimalist compared to Notepad?