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Everything you said about I7 is true, but its real value comes from the abstractions it introduces. That is, it isn't just an English-like syntax for writers w
by taradinoc 7y ago
Everything you said about I7 is true, but its real value comes from the abstractions it introduces.
That is, it isn't just an English-like syntax for writers who are used to writing in complete sentences... it's a programming model based on concepts from narrative, technical writing, and linguistics, for writers who are using it to write narratives, describe technical systems, and manipulate text.
I7 integrates high-level domain concepts of interactive fiction into the language: scenes and continuity, rules and their exceptions, relationships between objects, templates for parsing and printing text.