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by magicmouse 3805 days ago
I am working on a new computer language called Beads, which is designed to replace the current development stack for both personal computers, mobile devices, and web. You can find out more about this project at e-dejong.com

The focus of my tool is creating graphical interactive software: iphone and Android apps, desktop apps, and things that run in the browser. The notation is compact, readable, and straightforward. It has many innovative aspects: new data structures, physical units (something FORTRAN just got after 30 years in the in-basket), and deductive reasoning which dramatically reduces the length of programs. It is not a design by graphics system, but a language. It isn't that abstract, and is far more straightforward than Haskell or PROLOG. It is not a LISP derivative.