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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 #10

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".

SKI programs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKI_combinator_calculus

Re: Folders: a programming language encoded into folder structure

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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.

One problem is is that #1=(a . #1#) would panic the kernel and require a full fsck.

Re: Folders: a programming language encoded into folder structure

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post #10

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".

I love that idea, as you could polyglot it inside something mundane like the assets folder of a website.

Re: Folders: a programming language encoded into folder structure

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Whilst I admire the potential and bravado, I despair at the naivety and the fall into typical abscure art-lang with overtones of super-wow matrix-talk. You can be abstract, emotive and intangible whilst still seeing a duck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_test and adding value without resorting to exclusive language.

Re: Folders: a programming language encoded into folder structure

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post #10

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".

I like that idea too (I'm the developer), but it does mean that string data would be an enormous number of folders
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