Programming Languages

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This is the current Lemmy equivalent of https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/.

The content and rules are the same here as they are over there. Taken directly from the /r/ProgrammingLanguages overview:

This community is dedicated to the theory, design and implementation of programming languages.

Be nice to each other. Flame wars and rants are not welcomed. Please also put some effort into your post.

This isn't the right place to ask questions such as "What language should I use for X", "what language should I learn", and "what's your favorite language". Such questions should be posted in /c/learn_programming or /c/programming.

This is the right place for posts like the following:

"Check out this new language I've been working on!"
"Here's a blog post on how I implemented static type checking into this compiler"
"I want to write a compiler, where do I start?"
"How does the Java compiler work? How does it handle forward declarations/imports/targeting multiple platforms/?"
"How should I test my compiler? How are other compilers and interpreters like gcc, Java, and python tested?"
"What are the pros/cons of ?"
"Compare and contrast vs. "
"Confused about the semantics of this language"
"Proceedings from PLDI / OOPSLA / ICFP / "

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December 2023 monthly "What are you working on?" thread (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by armchair_progamer@programming.dev to c/programming_languages@programming.dev

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How much progress have you made since last time? What new ideas have you stumbled upon, what old ideas have you abandoned? What new projects have you started? What are you working on?

Once again, feel free to share anything you’ve been working on, old or new, simple or complex, tiny or huge, whether you want to share and discuss it, or simply brag about it - or just about anything you feel like sharing!

The monthly thread is the place for you to engage /c/programming_languages on things that you might not have wanted to put up a post for - progress, ideas, maybe even a slick new chair you built in your garage. Share your projects and thoughts on others’ ideas, and most importantly, have a great and productive month!

Also see: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/comments/187xc57/december_2023_monthly_what_are_you_working_on/

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[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I keep developing my interactive climate model in scala. As it's COP time of year, I try to fix code related to pledges (targets governments promised) and shares (what they should do if more equitable and ambitious). It’s not easy because they didn't agree any template, so each country has different format, also because sometimes the model works bottom-up (from details to total), sometimes top-down (inverse, to reach climate stabilisation goal), so the sequence of function calls varies, hard to organise the interactions. Generally it's much harder to make an interactive web tool where any unknown user may adjust hundreds of parameters, than to make fixed output to print in one research paper, unfortunately only the latter gets credit. At least scala makes such complexity manageable.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Nothing. I got developer burnout a few years ago and I can't stand looking at code. Been unemployed since.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have a feeling quite a few people are working on stuff, but they have private accounts on here that they don't want to tie to their other identities. At least that's the case for me. But I do applaud the people who have created accounts for their non-fediverse identities here.

[–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

why not have many accounts and do both?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I respect that younger people may stay anonymous to experiment with different phases of life. After a certain age we've had our chances, may as well be open. But, indeed could do both.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Because you're old you can't be anonymous"?

What are you trying to say?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not "old", just feel that too late to radically change direction with a new identity, so better to accept (and tell) how this life evolved (and in this context, makes it easier to link to website etc.) Could make another anonymous account if necessary for some radical project.