Wildflower Touch
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How HN took it
5 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.41.
Design: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Radial menus for thumb input are a clever mobile UX approach
From 2 comments
1. Holy shit that is a fantastic way to do mobile UX. Radials for each thumb? Fucking brilliant. I could imagine this could also make a great keyboard layout for certain domains…
reilly3000 on HNMy first thought was, "How does this compare to Swift?" But this is totally different: you want to create useful programs _on_ the touchscreen device. It's purely functional and…
madkangas on HN
Stack-based approach is a clever answer to touch input
From 1 comment
My first thought was, "How does this compare to Swift?" But this is totally different: you want to create useful programs _on_ the touchscreen device. It's purely functional and…
madkangas on HN
Good proof of concept for mobile programming
From 1 comment
Before I comment, I'll just express how insanely cool this is. Mobile programming environments suck right now and this is a step in the right direction. Good proof of concept.…
gamegoblin on HN
Objections
Thread says the explanation is insufficient; the project is hard to understand without comments
From 1 comment
Very interesting, but it could be explained better. I have to admit that I didn't really get it until I read some comments here.
V-2 on HN
Most things are buggy or unimplemented
From 1 comment
Yes! The title could be better. While researching this, I found an amusing comment: "Reverse Polish notation is so last century" That's probably true. Still, I think it's a fun…
pschanely on HN
Requests
Add type inference to drive suggested menus
From 2 comments
Before I comment, I'll just express how insanely cool this is. Mobile programming environments suck right now and this is a step in the right direction. Good proof of concept.…
gamegoblin on HNIf you haven't already, you may want to look into "row polymorphism". I've been working on and off on a statically-typed stack-based language with type inference called Parles;…
gliese1337 on HN
Better documentation and explanation
From 1 comment
Very interesting, but it could be explained better. I have to admit that I didn't really get it until I read some comments here.
V-2 on HN
Questions
How to run the demo locally
From 1 comment
My first thought was, "How does this compare to Swift?" But this is totally different: you want to create useful programs _on_ the touchscreen device. It's purely functional and…
madkangas on HN
How to live without closures in homoiconic code
From 1 comment
This is amazing. In 1989. And here we are in 2015, looking at data by feverishly flipping arrows in collapsable trees in eclipse. I just don't get it. I am somewhat in love with…
pschanely on HN
Alternatives named
Kitten statically typed concatenative language
From 1 comment
I’m working on a statically typed concatenative (stack-based functional) language called Kitten, and it’s one of the eventual goals to use type information to enable better…
evincarofautumn on HN
Parles statically typed stack language
From 1 comment
If you haven't already, you may want to look into "row polymorphism". I've been working on and off on a statically-typed stack-based language with type inference called Parles;…
gliese1337 on HN
Joy and Pure functional languages
From 1 comment
Yes! The title could be better. While researching this, I found an amusing comment: "Reverse Polish notation is so last century" That's probably true. Still, I think it's a fun…
pschanely on HN
Factor language
From 1 comment
Statically typed concatenative programming may be at the point that lazy functional programming was a few years ago. As valuable as separate research and hobby projects are, at…
evincarofautumn on HN