If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
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If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
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Re: If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
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Re: If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
#3I read that as: less syntax, less leaky abstractions and less macros; and I mostly agree.
I would add better integration with the C tool chain, more separation of concerns and less academic ego bullshit.
I've been working on something like that [0] lately.
Re: If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
#4Really, this is worse?
FILE * test_file = fopen(“/tmp/test.txt”, “w+”);
than
create file /tmp/test.txt for input and output as test_file
Yeah, remove the ; and duplication of type:
let test_file = fopen(“/tmp/test.txt”, “w+”)
Re: If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
#5lol, the way this ends.
Re: If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
#6This seems to be missing an important piece: who is the target audience and what problem domains is it targeted at. "For the 21st Century" doesn't answer either of those questions.
Re: If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
#7I read that as: less syntax, less leaky abstractions and less macros; and I mostly agree. I would add better integration with the C tool chain, more separation of concerns and less academic ego bullshit. I've been working on something like that [0] lately. https://gitlab.com/sifoo/snigl
I don't agree with 'less syntax'.
More syntax (when designed well) results is significantly more readable code.
Re: If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
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Re: If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
#9I really disagree with the author's points about macros.
If your language doesn't support macros you'll end up with programs that parse some arbitrary code and generate code in the language you're working with. That's far worse than a macro system that at least works in the confines of a language's syntax.
Re: If I were to invent a programming language for the 21st century
#10People, don't comment before you read the whole article (and click on the survey on the bottom)...