4 Apr
2010
4 Apr
'10
7:13 p.m.
(3) conceptually rich DSL is your best friend as human-computer interface. I agree that a well-designed DSL is *my* best friend but I suspect it would be my grandma's worst enemy. And a badly-designed DSL is also everybody's worst enemy.
Also a traditional GUI is discoverable without a user-manual. I can open up MS Word for the first time and get around - Emacs, while vastly more powerful, is also vastly more opaque. -deech