A (slightly dramatic) history of Engelbert's vision for knowledge tools, his prototypes on early timesharing systems, and the transition to personal computers:
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I was looking for some basic examples of Scala syntax, and it looks like they've changed quite a bit in the 2 -> 3 transition!
It's the biggest syntax change I think I've seen in an established language.
I haven't seen any docs that make it easy to transition from "here's a usage example" to "use this functionality in your project".
I've seen "add foolib==1.2 to your clipboard" for easy installation, but could we do the same for code samples?
Thoughtful post about just how much harder is to write code as soon as you transition from text to graphics, and how that influences our default programming habits: