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Recto: In Case Programming Isn’t Hard Enough (hackaday.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] aion@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Am I missing something or is Recto still inherently linear? Flow control still goes one direction through the rectangles, where as the other 2D languages he points out, Befunge, Fish, and Piet, flow control can change directions. In later versions of Befunge it isn't even limited to 2D or moving in cardinal directions.

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I don't really get it either. Even the last picture in the original article, showing a bunch of for loops, is practically one-dimensional. So I don't get the prime benefit of the idea, to be honest.