gabriel_laddel: graphics routines are inadequate, I can fall back on an 'api' independent of man. Lessons, as a refinement of research, shall offer the same capabilities. Networking (e.g., sharing these programs or crafting interactions between them) shall be trivial. No single authority shall dictate what is an isn't appropriate to publish. This is not to be enforced by social machinery which promises to promote and cherish scient

gabriel_laddel: "I need the ability to publish a unit of research as an interactive program containing all information used to draw my conclusions. It shall be entirely and trivially modifiable, extensible, and if reproducing the research is possible on this machine, running the program shall be a single click or procedure call away. WYSIWYG tools shall be included and fashioned from the precepts of geometry. Thus, if the supplied ☟︎

gabriel_laddel: right now I can't draw you a 3D picture you can just open up, modify and send back to me

gabriel_laddel: I don't think "in person" has much to do with it.

gabriel_laddel: I'm simply of the opinion that our current platform (irc) is too barbaric and doesn't force enough shared context upon us to do anything interesting. Any sort of shared vision or whatever gets watered down into discussions like the above. ☟︎

gabriel_laddel: If I could just get a working shared kill ring...

gabriel_laddel: BingoBoingo: Making it production ready is going to take some time, but as is, it is better than any other distro I've used.

gabriel_laddel: I just spent 2 days fucking with mozilla

gabriel_laddel: I can do the same thing if I want.

gabriel_laddel: btw, I'm still putting together a model of what exactly it is you've done so that I can discuss this with you using your vocabulary...

gabriel_laddel: I've no idea why you did, but am assuming you've got some reason why

gabriel_laddel: kk, I'm not going anywhere

gabriel_laddel: I have to check that I know what these terms mean before I respond. one sec

gabriel_laddel: the purpose isn't what I'm horrified by

gabriel_laddel: I'd like to clarify that what I'm finding appaling here is the huge amount of effort spent generating syntatically correct strings.

gabriel_laddel: trinque: I understand what you're talking about.

gabriel_laddel: I find the parsing to be a gigantic PITA

gabriel_laddel: I don't find it controversial at all

gabriel_laddel: ^ sounds like a bitch - but I'm lazy...

gabriel_laddel: like, say that I want to find all javascript functions with 3 arguments

gabriel_laddel: Adlai: I saw that - but wtf

gabriel_laddel: one could tear out all windows crud from SBCL, and replace the C crud with some clever assembler hacks in a manner similar to what I've been told T did.

gabriel_laddel: trinque: I don't know how to read that.

gabriel_laddel: I should note that masamune installs

gabriel_laddel: I should commit

gabriel_laddel: I'll note that I wrote a prototype for the RPC described above - ran into an issue with TCP or the library I was using it from. Messages were disappearing in flight. ☟︎

gabriel_laddel: I know

gabriel_laddel: I should be able to have a cursor on either one of the (x 4) and hit a keystroke to extract it into a let binding

gabriel_laddel: Nah - say I have this expression: (+ (x 4) k (x 4))

gabriel_laddel: Why isn't all this information part of the version control toolchain? I can't query over all commits to find those that changed `some-function'..? WHAT THE FUCK IS HTTP? All I want to do is expose a procedure to a network - how is this more difficult than selecting a list of procedures which are then exposed?

gabriel_laddel: l data structures to those appropriate for the information being pushed through it? If the type information exists, shouldn't it inform auto-completion? Shouldn't I be able to query over the type signature, known return types and lambda list of all procedures?

gabriel_laddel: is not be handled automatically? Why isn't there grammer/spellchecking for my comments? If I modify a package or system definition at runtime, shouldn't I be prompted to write that change to the defining expression? Why must I optimize my programs and add type annotations? Can't test data be used to add typing annotations in an automated manner? Can't this information inform modifications of the program's fundamenta

gabriel_laddel: 7. http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=28-04-2015#1113989 << When I change the argument list, rename a procedure, use an unnamed reference why are the holes not marked or filled? Why must I manually declare my local variables and functions? Can't the current top level expression be searched for occurrences then factored out on a keystroke? Why must I balance strings, whatever the level of nesting or escaping? Can th ☝︎

gabriel_laddel: kk, I

gabriel_laddel: 5. <mircea_popescu> kinda why i'm discovering all i really like off unix these days is like... curl. grep. << http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/posts/old-age-and-treachery.html