Comments on: Should users edit data in serialized text files? http://jakeherringbone.com/2009/12/serializing-programs-to-text-files/ My thoughts on life, work, coding, and stuff I like. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:51:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andy Andrews http://jakeherringbone.com/2009/12/serializing-programs-to-text-files/comment-page-1/#comment-7330 Andy Andrews Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:51:47 +0000 http://jakeherringbone.com/?p=200#comment-7330 I feel that what coders like most about an IDE is that it makes their compiled language closer to an interpreted one. I like how Python united syntax and formatting. So users could edit any data, provided the editor monitored them in real time for consistency and any other consequences of interest. If you assume an interpreted versus a compiled environment, a lot of these problems disappear. I feel that what coders like most about an IDE is that it makes their compiled language closer to an interpreted one. I like how Python united syntax and formatting.

So users could edit any data, provided the editor monitored them in real time for consistency and any other consequences of interest. If you assume an interpreted versus a compiled environment, a lot of these problems disappear.

]]> By: Jeff Miller http://jakeherringbone.com/2009/12/serializing-programs-to-text-files/comment-page-1/#comment-5726 Jeff Miller Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:09:36 +0000 http://jakeherringbone.com/?p=200#comment-5726 Visual Age for Java's ENVY repository went exactly down the lines you describe, including method-level version history. It worked great except when it got corrupted, and then you were in a world of hurt, wondering how much history you'd lost. So I would expect there's wisdom (or at least experience) there that might inform Noop's attitude toward storing code as a consistent, fully attributed binary form. Visual Age for Java’s ENVY repository went exactly down the lines you describe, including method-level version history. It worked great except when it got corrupted, and then you were in a world of hurt, wondering how much history you’d lost.

So I would expect there’s wisdom (or at least experience) there that might inform Noop’s attitude toward storing code as a consistent, fully attributed binary form.

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