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Comment by JaumeGreen

One of my list of dream projects that I might never have time to do, and so feel free to "steal" the idea, would be a eink notepad in where you could code in APL or similar.

APL was born as a mathematical notation, pertaining to the blackboard, so it makes sense to write it using a writing implement. Its terseness would make it ideal for the handwriting world, it's REPL implementation would give quick feedback loops, you could move around input and output streams.

You could be in a sofa, writing the solution, expending most of your energy thinking, not writing, once you got used to the new way of thinking and the vocabulary.

If you haven't tested any array language I would recommend you try to solve things using one, and check existing solutions so you can see how to think differently. Some problems are naturally easier with this approach, some are harder.

parent JaumeGreen 9 months ago

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