"Evidence-oriented programming language" seems like a cute bit of wordplay, but it doesn't actually indicate what the core tenets of the language are (unlike, for example, "object-oriented"). What it really comes down to is an evolutionary adoption of a few up and coming practices (e.g. software transactional memory), but one can't expect the language to turn over, wholesale, each time new evidence of better linguistic behavior surfaces.
It's especially galling to call out the research of the space as largely absent and then hang their hats on a narrow set of publications. If the space is not well-researched, any divination from the current body of research will, most likely, be deeply suboptimal. You can't claim to be "evidence-oriented" in the absence of evidence.
I get that they're trying to spur the K-12 space, and that's arguably admirable. Still, I don't expect this to become the next big thing, even for a few over-zealous school teachers. Kids will continue to use python, processing, sketch, C++, etc... Pull them in with the goal (e.g. FIRST robotics) rather than trying to slide them in by promoting a toy language to 14 year olds.
Maybe I'm old, crusty, and wrong. We'll see, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is the last time I hear about Quorum.
> but one can't expect the language to turn over, wholesale, each time new evidence of better linguistic behavior surfaces.
That was what I thought when I read the site; some of the evidence was not very broadly researched; what if that happens and suddenly the language has to significantly change? "The used-to-be-evidence-oriented programming language" ?
It's especially galling to call out the research of the space as largely absent and then hang their hats on a narrow set of publications. If the space is not well-researched, any divination from the current body of research will, most likely, be deeply suboptimal. You can't claim to be "evidence-oriented" in the absence of evidence.
I get that they're trying to spur the K-12 space, and that's arguably admirable. Still, I don't expect this to become the next big thing, even for a few over-zealous school teachers. Kids will continue to use python, processing, sketch, C++, etc... Pull them in with the goal (e.g. FIRST robotics) rather than trying to slide them in by promoting a toy language to 14 year olds.
Maybe I'm old, crusty, and wrong. We'll see, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is the last time I hear about Quorum.