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Re: LFM + LFSP = LFE?
LFE == CP4E
"CNRI proposes to undertake a research effort called Computer
Programming for Everybody (CP4E). This effort intends to improve the
state of the art of computer use, not by introducing new hardware, nor
even (primarily) through new software, but simply by empowering all
users to be computer programmers."
"We're looking forward to a future where every computer user will be
able to "open the hood" of their computer and make improvements to the
applications inside. We believe that this will eventually change the
nature of software and software development tools fundamentally."
"The fact that Python can be used to develop large applications plays
into a different aspect of our vision, namely the development of open
source application software that can be tailored by users who are not
expert programmers, but have learned some programming skills."
* http://www.python.org/doc/essays/cp4e.html
The primary reason I have been interested in Python for all of these
years is because it is a CP4E. I have always found the LFM/LFSP
dichotomy to be artificial (like the "scripting" versus "general
purpose" and "application" versus "scripting" dicotomies) and Python was
the first langauge I found that took seriously the notion that computer
scientists, novices and hackers could and should use the same language.
I personally find it sort of sad to hear people say they are developing
a LFM or a LFSP instead of stretching their imaginations to figure out
how to build a LFE.
Paul Prescod