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alehander42 on June 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

Is syntax important?

Do you imagine a future where there would be just several programming languages semantically using a lot more bidirectional "syntax skins"?

alankay on June 21, 2016 [–]

Yes.

alehander42 on June 21, 2016 | [–]

Do you think some kind of more "flexible/fluid" syntax can help dyslexic people? Sometimes they are excellent at problem solving and architecture, but the micromanagement of syntax limits them.

alankay on June 21, 2016 | | [–]

Sure

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