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Show HN: Zyme – An Evolvable Programming Language

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Re: Show HN: Zyme – An Evolvable Programming Language

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Post by huhtenberg »

Completely unrelated (and apologies to the OP), Zyme is also a name of a winery near Verona in Italy that makes really unusual, complex and very tasty reds. Beautiful facilities as well. If you are ever in the region, give it a visit - https://www.zyme.it/en/

Re: Show HN: Zyme – An Evolvable Programming Language

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Post by haxiomic »

I love this idea, it's thought provoking and I want to play

Is there a repository of examples or experiments built with Zyme? Curious to see what has been explored so far

I think it could be fun to focus on visual experiments; shader-like programs as a way to easily explore different outputs

Re: Show HN: Zyme – An Evolvable Programming Language

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Post by almusdives »

shortrounddev2 wrote: post #5

Is it named after the drug in Deus Ex

Sadly not. When I was developing Zyme, I was thinking a lot about the molecular components of a cell and how one might translate them into a virtual machine. I was particularly inspired by enZYMEs.

Re: Show HN: Zyme – An Evolvable Programming Language

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Post by shortrounddev2 »

almusdives wrote: post #7
shortrounddev2 wrote: post #5

Is it named after the drug in Deus Ex

Sadly not. When I was developing Zyme, I was thinking a lot about the molecular components of a cell and how one might translate them into a virtual machine. I was particularly inspired by enZYMEs.

I just realized that that's what the oeigin of the deus ex drug must be as well lol

Re: Show HN: Zyme – An Evolvable Programming Language

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Post by almusdives »

haxiomic wrote: post #6

I love this idea, it's thought provoking and I want to play Is there a repository of examples or experiments built with Zyme? Curious to see what has been explored so far I think it could be fun to focus on visual experiments; shader-like programs as a way to easily explore different outputs

Thanks! Since the language is still in its early stages of being able to evolve programs, I don't have many examples to share yet. I didn’t realize when I began but developing the language itself was just the beginning - I hadn't anticipated how much work would still be needed on tuning, development tools, and implementing the genetic programming framework before getting concrete results.
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