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> A practical example is provided by StdLog documentation:
>
> PROCEDURE NewView (): TextViews.View
> Used internally.
>
> What does this mean?
Wojtek, I agree that this kind of language is a bit too criptic when one starts learning Blackbox. But I disagree with your extremism here:
> Either release completely and document completely, or hide it completely by encapsulation.
This just cannot always be achieved with any fixed set of simple incapsulation/export features.
Perhaps a Japanese-style apology could help here: "We apologize for exporting this feature. Please don't use it." :)
> This would make StdLog a very useful TOOL rather than a toy.
Wojtek, but it is a very useful tool as is!
And just one step away from the complete power of text formatters!
I'd like to defend Ominc here:
It is impossible to predict all possible ways to do output in "experimental SD" -- but all the basic tools are there -- it's just that it's a bit hard to find things (this could be a ctiricism of Ominc) -- and that's why we have to put together sets of examples etc.
> This is a very kind understatement... How about "user hostile"?
Again, BB was not really intended for end users -- but for a developer who'd produce a user-friendly version for a specific problem domain.
Of course Ominc could not foresee that BB would be such a great tool for e.g. scientific algorithm design.
Let's focus on the fact that BB turned out such a great tool rather than that BB could not foresee it.
I look forward to further inspirational news about that laser.
Cheers
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