The Phix Programming Language
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The Phix Programming Language
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#2An interesting artifact from the times the only platform was wintel, the filenames were 8 characters long and “conventional languages” meant “C, C++, Ada, etc.”
http://phix.x10.mx/docs/html/phixvscl.htm
The only strange thing is release date and references to 64 bit arch..
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#3> my language is simple, unlike those other 1001 "simple" languages that aren't really
Okay.
In other words, it seems it's easier to make your own programming language than learn the ones that already exist.
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#4> my language is simple, unlike those other 1001 "simple" languages that aren't really Okay. In other words, it seems it's easier to make your own programming language than learn the ones that already exist.
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#5> my language is simple, unlike those other 1001 "simple" languages that aren't really Okay. In other words, it seems it's easier to make your own programming language than learn the ones that already exist.
I can see why people think this way. If you know C, it sounds easier to build a new scripting language (it’s just another C program!) than to learn all the quirks of Python or Ruby.
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#6In short, a mediocre solution to a problem that was solved long time ago.
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#7> my language is simple, unlike those other 1001 "simple" languages that aren't really Okay. In other words, it seems it's easier to make your own programming language than learn the ones that already exist.
I can see why people think this way. If you know C, it sounds easier to build a new scripting language (it’s just another C program!) than to learn all the quirks of Python or Ruby.
I know C and implementing a new scripting language for sure doesn't sound easier than using an existing one
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#8I'm still reading the doc, so nothing to say on the language but the website is great!
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#9> my language is simple, unlike those other 1001 "simple" languages that aren't really Okay. In other words, it seems it's easier to make your own programming language than learn the ones that already exist.
I can see why people think this way. If you know C, it sounds easier to build a new scripting language (it’s just another C program!) than to learn all the quirks of Python or Ruby.
And if you know Go it's [0] even easier. It all depends on just how general purpose you need it to be.
If you ask me; people should build more simple languages, and learning how be considered an essential part of becoming a programmer. It's not rocket surgery.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can see why people think this way. If you know C, it sounds easier to build a new scripting language (it’s just another C program!) than to learn all the quirks of Python or Ruby.
I know C and implementing a new scripting language for sure doesn't sound easier than using an existing one
Did you ever write an arithmetic evaluator? A calculator essentially? Or any other kind of evaluator? A text template engine perhaps?
They all have plenty in common and exist along a continuum of complexity that includes scripting languages and goes all the way to general purpose.