Dogescript

Post by meowface » Mon, Nov 04, 2013, 5:16 AM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #98

dpcan wrote: post #49

I like it. And I always wondered why a programming language couldn't exist to work as follows: Start Run at 60 frames per second and do Clear the screen Draw a rectangle at (10,10) with size (100,50) and rotate it 20 degrees Repeat End Or something along those lines - hopefully you get my point. This would be fun for prototyping. I could just speak to my computer and have it translate my plain english into a working…

Many, many programming languages have been designed to be English-like. Unless they are specific to a very narrow domain, they generally don't end up doing that very well, and even the best don't help very much, because you still need to use them more precisely than you'd use a natural language. The closest thing to an english-like language that is successful is probably SQL.

Post by davidw » Mon, Nov 04, 2013, 5:27 AM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 04, 2013, 5:40 AM UTC

thenerdfiles wrote: post #12

steveklabnik wrote: post #7

What's funny about this is that every comment here is calling this useless, yet it's something that's very much in the hacker spirit. Utility is not the end goal of everything.

Well, no... I disagree that this is any viable dialect of canines. Moreover, no cognitive system of canine can corroborate this as a valid dialect of canines. It's English-projection. At best it's mockery of canine dialects.

Post by sgdesign » Mon, Nov 04, 2013, 5:50 AM UTC

angersock wrote: post #47

thenerdfiles wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, no... I disagree that this is any viable dialect of canines. Moreover, no cognitive system of canine can corroborate this as a valid dialect of canines. It's English-projection. At best it's mockery of canine dialects.

I'm saddened that you can't look over your dogma.

Post by namuol » Mon, Nov 04, 2013, 6:32 AM UTC