Folders: a programming language encoded into folder structure

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Post by eso_eso » Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 6:22 PM UTC

Folders: a programming language encoded into folder structure
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Re: Folders: a programming language encoded into folder structure

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Post by ubertaco » Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 7:54 PM UTC

Finally, a scripting language that captures the essence of Windows as much as Perl captures the essence of Linux.

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Post by zokier » Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 8:25 PM UTC

Wouldn't it make more sense to try to use something Lispy as your base, encoding sexprs into folder structure, considering that sexprs afaik can already be considered trees.

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Post by ape4 » Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 8:33 PM UTC

A breakthrough! For the Linux version they can use extended file (folder) attributes.

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Post by ape4 » Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 8:34 PM UTC

zokier wrote: post #3

Wouldn't it make more sense to try to use something Lispy as your base, encoding sexprs into folder structure, considering that sexprs afaik can already be considered trees.

And then make an OS out of it.

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Post by paulhodge » Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 9:22 PM UTC

Funny that they chose to use Github for it, considering that Git doesn't let you store empty folders :)

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Post by bonif » Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 9:26 PM UTC

Gonna use it for my new startup ! Is there a SPA framework ?

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Post by dimitar » Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 9:51 PM UTC

paulhodge wrote: post #6

Funny that they chose to use Github for it, considering that Git doesn't let you store empty folders :)

They use .gitignore to fill them.

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Post by Slackwise » Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 9:52 PM UTC

zokier wrote: post #3

Wouldn't it make more sense to try to use something Lispy as your base, encoding sexprs into folder structure, considering that sexprs afaik can already be considered trees.

The fact that this is not Lispy is more surprising than the concept itself.

Re: Folders: a programming language encoded into folder structure

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Post by pierrec » Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 10:14 PM UTC

I'm kind of disappointed that the folder names actually have to contain the code. From the title, I got the wild phantasm of a language entirely encoded into folder structure - ignoring their names completely. Maybe it would be "Pure Folders".