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Re: "When it comes to arbitrary, "realtime" composability, the..."
the Unix model of files, streams, and processes has yet to be topped
Excel begs to differ :) when the entirety of the world's financial system is supported by a piece of software it's hard to overlook that
3 hours ago
@mediocregopher but stocks run mainly on linux, not excel
Unix didn't create streams or files or processes. All of those predate Unix.
When it comes to arbitrary, "realtime" composability, the Unix model of files, streams, and processes has yet to be topped. GUIs are vey rarely composable, and also hard to script. It makes me think maybe composability has to be one dimensional, and textual. This idea that a keyboard is fundamental to a computer but a different pointing device doesn't feels slightly off. I wonder if there is an elegant multi dimensional method of composability which simplifies down to simple compute models and...