14 May 2002
Tue, 14 May 2002
Sam Ruby on software's slippery slope
Sam Ruby referring to my point about the slippery slope in software:
Agreed. Some call this progressive disclosure. It is the basis for much of the appeal of scripting languages. It also is how I like to write, particularly the BDG2WSDL, and GI2SOAP. [It's Just Data]
Sam demonstrates the point rather nicely with his articles. I'd seen the links a thousand times but never took time to look. Both are excellent - must read. I had not heard of the term progressive disclosure, but I've now committed it to memory. Thanks Sam. Unfortunately, at least for me, the appeal of scripting languages has more to do with their syntactical allegiance than anything else. That is, for instance, why I'd be drawn to PHP for it's similarity to C, but loath usertalk for what I believe Dave has called algol-like qualities.
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