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The Kitten Programming Language

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Re: The Kitten Programming Language

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I like that concatenation works with space instead of more verbose operators like for example Elixir's |> It basically turns space into the dot of most object oriented languages. It would be ok to use a dot too, but the space looks better and leaves the option of using the dot inside function names. I wish they could change the syntax of Elixir to look like that. I probably missed it, but how do we import functions f…

> I like that concatenation works with space instead of more verbose operators like for example Elixir's |>

Then you'd probably also like Rebol/Red with its minimal syntax.

Check this list of small examples: http://re-bol.com/short_rebol_examples.r or a video version of the same: https://youtu.be/lR5Fzv6DP0I

Re: The Kitten Programming Language

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Stanford EE380 talk by Jon Purdy:

  abstract: http://web.stanford.edu/class/ee380/Abstracts/171115.html

  slides: http://web.stanford.edu/class/ee380/Abstracts/171115-slides.pdf

  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IgqJr8jG8M

Re: The Kitten Programming Language

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Anything new since the last time this was posted? I know the creator hangs out here and can maybe give us an update?

Eh, as always, it goes in fits and starts. I quit my job a few months ago and spent longer than expected to recover from burnout, now I’m trying to do a release before returning to work. I sort of painted myself into a corner with some aspects of the last compiler design, so I rearchitected things again to unblock some missing features, fix type system bugs, and make it easier to integrate with editors and such. None…

Glad to hear about the work you've been doing! I'm sorry to hear about burnout though. I hope your break was rejuvenating and you feel better soon!
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