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I think it's very interesting, and something i've been looking for for a very long time. Finally a programming language focused on efficiency

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Fun little toy, but no real usability. No library, no frameworks, no resources. Languages are platforms. They are used for all the stuff around them, not for the language itself.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Then build some libraries/frameworks?

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

Why?

What advantage would I have making libraries/frameworks from scratch for a solo-project by some random dev who might drop the language like a hot potato when he gets a new job?

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 11 points 13 hours ago

It’s too early to judge. Seems like it’s a solo dev hobby project. I wouldn’t hold my hopes up to ever see this language production ready.

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 47 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Normalize not naming new languages with a single letter.

[–] iglou@programming.dev 3 points 7 hours ago
[–] u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 13 hours ago
[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 3 points 10 hours ago
[–] muhyb@programming.dev 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 9 points 11 hours ago

Unicode symbols is a good idea.

I'll call my compiler 👷‍♂️and my debugger 😈.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 25 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It's a single-developer personal project. What's there to think about?

[–] MuhammadFreeSoftware@fosstodon.org 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

@atzanteol @treeshateorcs Popular languages such as python also started out as as personal projects btw

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Languages you've never heard of also started out as personal projects BTW.

[–] sirdorius@programming.dev 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That was before there were a bazillion production ready languages with 30+ years of ecosystems out there. Any new language is going to have significantly more competition nowadays

@sirdorius You've got a point on this

But i think that there's still space for new languages, among enthusiasts and people who code just for fun

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 7 points 15 hours ago

It's extremely immature and only has a few examples. I can't find a reference or any real form of documentation either, though I'm sure it exists somewhere.

If you're looking for an "efficient" programming language (you'll probably need to define that further but I'm assuming output size and compile speed), both Go (which seems to inspire this project) and Zig come to mind.

[–] oantolin@discuss.online 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

There's is already a fantastic programming language called q, you should rename yours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(programming_language_from_Kx_Systems)

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 6 points 10 hours ago

Proprietary software doesn't exist. It can't hurt you.

[–] treeshateorcs@programming.dev 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] oantolin@discuss.online 4 points 16 hours ago

Someone should still rename it, even if that someone is not you. 😅