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alex_d · 06-11-2007, 01:52 AM

Ok, kovigdoyal, I'll agree with you. A typical GUI application that has scripting is subscribing to a CLI philosophy of having features that don't try to expose or explain themselves. Applications should have a GUI-philosophy method of scripting. Programming languages should too. (ie far beyond C#'s intellisense, tooltips, and dynamic help, which still go a long way).

Now, kovigdoyal, where were we? I challenged you to say that the CLI way of not telling you ANYTHING about how to use the program as you're using it is correct. Well, do you really think it's correct?

06-11-2007, 01:52 AM	#72
alex_d Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 187 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony Reader	Ok, kovigdoyal, I'll agree with you. A typical GUI application that has scripting is subscribing to a CLI philosophy of having features that don't try to expose or explain themselves. Applications should have a GUI-philosophy method of scripting. Programming languages should too. (ie far beyond C#'s intellisense, tooltips, and dynamic help, which still go a long way). Now, kovigdoyal, where were we? I challenged you to say that the CLI way of not telling you ANYTHING about how to use the program as you're using it is correct. Well, do you really think it's correct? Last edited by NatCh; 06-11-2007 at 10:06 AM. Reason: In the interest of keeping the discussion respectful.