Ladder of Abstraction

> Hi all,
>
> i found this very interesting page:
> http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/ on Twitter. This is
> something that we could envision in future versions of Mondrian: be
> able to explore/visualize systems and data in a more interactive way
> at multiple levels of abstraction.
>
> I also like the paragraph at the end "Appendix: Tools &
> Implementation" with sentences like: "Unfortunately, development
> environments generally don't support this process." and "Perhaps IDE
> makers will focus on dynamic exploration instead of static analysis,
> rich visualization instead of line debugging. Perhaps language
> theorists will stop messing around with arrows and dependent types,
> and start inventing languages suitable for interactive development and
> discovery."
>
> The animation in this page are done with the help on an js library
> called Tangle : http://worrydream.com/Tangle/
> One nice idea could be use it from Amber Smalltalk in order to have
> this kind of exploration and at the same time the IDE suitable to
> modify algorithms and parameters.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Serge Stinckwich
> UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC), Hanoi, Vietnam
> Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
> http://doesnotunderstand.org/
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> I really hope that with the new canvas and cairo/opengl back end we will be able to start building
> new generation graphics in Pharo.
>
> Stef
>
> On Oct 13, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Serge Stinckwich wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> i found this very interesting page:
>> http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/ on Twitter. This is
>> something that we could envision in future versions of Mondrian: be
>> able to explore/visualize systems and data in a more interactive way
>> at multiple levels of abstraction.
>>
>> I also like the paragraph at the end "Appendix: Tools &
>> Implementation" with sentences like: "Unfortunately, development
>> environments generally don't support this process." and "Perhaps IDE
>> makers will focus on dynamic exploration instead of static analysis,
>> rich visualization instead of line debugging. Perhaps language
>> theorists will stop messing around with arrows and dependent types,
>> and start inventing languages suitable for interactive development and
>> discovery."
>>
>> The animation in this page are done with the help on an js library
>> called Tangle : http://worrydream.com/Tangle/
>> One nice idea could be use it from Amber Smalltalk in order to have
>> this kind of exploration and at the same time the IDE suitable to
>> modify algorithms and parameters.
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
>> Serge Stinckwich
>> UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC), Hanoi, Vietnam
>> Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
>> http://doesnotunderstand.org/
>> _______________________________________________
>> Moose-dev mailing list
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>> https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/moose-dev
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