OK: An open-source interpreter for the K5 programming language
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Re: OK: An open-source interpreter for the K5 programming language
#2k4 isn't so bad, either. :)
Re: OK: An open-source interpreter for the K5 programming language
#3One essential thing about k/q is its speed. When you use javascript, you lose everything.
Re: OK: An open-source interpreter for the K5 programming language
#4One essential thing about k/q is its speed. When you use javascript, you lose everything.
For an intro interpreter/"how do I use K", using Javascript seems like a big win.
Re: OK: An open-source interpreter for the K5 programming language
#5A subproject of oK worth drawing attention to is iKe, a livecoding environment which makes it possible to write interactive graphical programs in K and easily share them:
https://github.com/JohnEarnest/ok/tree/gh-pages/ike
For example, recently I wrote this program which generates abstract art every time you press a key:
http://johnearnest.github.io/ok/ike/ike.html?gist=e47433cfb3...
Many other demos are available from within iKe itself.
Re: OK: An open-source interpreter for the K5 programming language
#6One essential thing about k/q is its speed. When you use javascript, you lose everything.
It's a training tool. Also, I think John had fun writing an interpreter. It's also a very cool language which people without money don't get exposed to. Maybe it gives people some good ideas.
Re: OK: An open-source interpreter for the K5 programming language
#7One essential thing about k/q is its speed. When you use javascript, you lose everything.
It's a training tool. Also, I think John had fun writing an interpreter. It's also a very cool language which people without money don't get exposed to. Maybe it gives people some good ideas.
Well, there is always J (jsoftware.com), which is the standard open source APL-like language. It also has a columnar database. And a wealth of resources available on its website/wiki (more than I have seen for any other language's base website).
Re: OK: An open-source interpreter for the K5 programming language
#8The K implementation isn't done in one long line and has indentation and spacing:
https://github.com/JohnEarnest/ok/blob/gh-pages/oK.js
I'm confused.
Re: OK: An open-source interpreter for the K5 programming language
#9One essential thing about k/q is its speed. When you use javascript, you lose everything.
My C is usually faster than my k: The greatest value in k is that the language is terse and dense; that it promotes the right way to think about solving problems, not that it is fast.
Re: OK: An open-source interpreter for the K5 programming language
#10The K language is industry-wise not important enough to learn it.