On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Tudor Girba <tu...@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I think this is an interesting idea. > > However, one thing to keep in mind is that one reason why these solutions > exist is because they assume no UI environment. Thus, the only thing they > have is text and the solution is built around it. > > In Pharo, we can think of concatenating information in the environment. If we > have a casual connection between examples and the code they exemplify, the > interface can provide all this information at the same time. The advantage > here is that the syntax remains simple. > > At the same time, we also want to have Pillar more thoroughly supported in > our tools. Could it be that we could extend Pillar to support literate > programming?
Just I backup this idea. You should have a look to http://orgmode.org/ with babel mode that allows to mix different programming languages in the same document: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/ Lot of ideas should be borrowed for doing a better Pillar I guess. The only problem of org-mode is that you don't have the link to the live environment that we are used to. Having a org-mode clone in Pharo (i.e Pillar+++) would be great. At the same time, this is a long term solution. We also need an immediate solution like the one proposed by Stéphane. Regards, -- Serge Stinckwich UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/
