Googlecode
I figure I spend a bunch of time Googling syntax or functions in code if I can’t remember them. And sometimes I’ll even lift out a whole section of example code from a search result and try and change as little of it as possible to maximise the time I spend not doing work. These little shortcuts make life bearable.
So I’ve decided to invent a new programming language. Each line is a search query you’d type in to bring up a reference page and an example of what you’re trying to do. Then, at compile time, the compiler does the searches, lifts out the example code from the top hit and then builds the binary from the collection of sample code.
on April 20th, 2010 at 3:19 am
I wonder how the compiling time of such a language would work out. There is no doubt it would be slow, but how slow?
For the purposes of rapid prototyping (and especially if one were to code in a search of one’s own hard drive, sensibly indexed to optimise the reuse of code) it may be a really efficient idea.
on August 18th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Google have totally ripped off my idea :O
http://www.google.co.uk/codesearch