Boxer: a reconstructible computational medium

  • Authors:
  • A. A diSessa;H. Abelson

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of California, Berkeley;MIT, Cambridge, MA

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1986

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Abstract

Programming is most often viewed as a way for experts to get computers to perform complex tasks efficiently and reliably. Boxer presents an alternative image—programming as a way for nonexperts to control a reconstructible medium, much like written language, but with dramatically extended interactive capabilities.