| ▲ | mpweiher an hour ago | |
Not just does the computer not do functional. UI is also very much not functional, and in fact the lack of progress in UI the last 30-40 years can largely be traced to trying to create UI with procedural/functional programming languages, an instance of linguistic-architectural mismatch. Further reading: Programs = Data + Algorithms + Architecture: Consequences for Interactive Software Engineering -- Stéphane Chatty. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-92698-6_... Can Programmers Escape the Gentle Tyranny of call/return? https://2020.programming-conference.org/details/salon-2020-p... UIs Are Not Pure Functions of the Model - React.js and Cocoa Side by Side https://blog.metaobject.com/2018/12/uis-are-not-pure-functio... Beyond Procedure Calls as Component Glue: Connectors Deserve Metaclass Status https://2024.splashcon.org/details/splash-2024-Onward-papers... | ||
| ▲ | cloogshicer an hour ago | parent [-] | |
Thanks for those links! Some of it was great reading. What is your thesis then? What is UI? | ||