Microsoft TouchStudio Uses Phone To Program Phone

theodp writes "Over the weekend, Microsoft released the beta of TouchStudio, a free Windows Phone app that allows one to write programs for a phone on the very same phone, no computer required. According to the Microsoft Research project page, the work-in-progress TouchStudio aims to bring 'the excitement of the first programmable personal computers to the phone.' Among the code examples provided is a four-liner that scans a phone's music collection for songs less than three minutes long and produces a fairly slick, clickable playlist complete with track info and artwork. Easier than iPhone SDK programming, no?"

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Re:Never trust it

[DNS-and-BIND]

I never trust a native speaker who cannot use his own language correctly. "look at what we just did in only 100 lines or fewer".

Use fewer with objects that can be counted one-by-one.

Use less with qualities or quantities that cannot be individually counted. Incorrect: There were less days below freezing last winter.

Correct: There were fewer days below freezing last winter. (Days can be counted.)

Correct: I used less flour to bake the cake than she did. (you cannot say 'one flour, two flour')

The more you know!