Random programmer thinks xyz language sucks -> she/he makes a slightly different, slightly faster, slightly more secure version -> by luck this gains mass adoption-> random programmer thinks new xyz language sucks

I propose when the revolution comes and the last guillotine falls we decide a general-purpose programming language that coders should stick to. I vote Lisp or any of the dialects (scheme, clojure, racket), but i also feel something about the Julia language for scientific research. Maybe we can decriminalize using C. Absolutely ban and hunt down the use of any of the hipster languages teenagers are into these days.

Nim? Zig? Crystal?? I am absolutely losing my damn mind. It compiles to bytecode people. Make up ur damn minds. To jail with all of u

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[–] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guile is the configuration language for Guix right? I didn't know it was used outside that purpose, that's pretty cool

[–] thetaT@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

"configuration language" is a bit of an understatement, as most of Guix itself is written in Guile, along with the PID 1, called Shepherd. Guile is literally the first thing the kernel starts on Guix.