Bob Armstrong: CoSy Becomes usable by Ordinary People
Channel: 4ther
Date: 14/12/2021

CoSy is a vocabulary and interface which evolves from http://Kx.com K in open Forth . Thus it provides the expressive power of the former in the simple syntax and unmatched flexibility of the latter in a timestamped notebook/log environment .

A YouTube , see http://cosy.com/y21/Wed.Mar,20210310.html#4th.CoSy , on the Apollo 11 lunar lander computer & its design principles , particularly the crucial simple brilliance : Restart on Failure , has with a small change in the CoSy DOS BAT , changed what required a tek nerdy visit to DOS into a mere hiccup .

A quick demo of the use of CoSy for everything from accounting to mail list management will be given .

CoSy is out to change the interface between the user & their computing assistants from the walled kindergartens of icons & menus to simple yet deep language .

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