The Bosque Programming Language

#1

Post by kermatt » Thu, May 14, 2020, 4:26 AM UTC

The Bosque Programming Language
github.com

Re: The Bosque Programming Language

#2

Post by mpoteat » Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:32 AM UTC

This is pretty cool. This project has a long way to go before it's mature, but as someone who uses Typescript every day professionally, the promise of the ease and safety of Typescript coupled with the speed of C++ is really compelling.

Re: The Bosque Programming Language

#3

Post by xixixao » Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:35 AM UTC

I gotta say you lost me at args->allof

It’s 2020, if you’re really serious about building a new language, shouldn’t you at least pick a reasonable naming case convention? (allOf, AllOf, all_of, all-of would all work)

(Not talking about the fact that allOf doesn’t seem very consistent with other languages...)

Re: The Bosque Programming Language

#4

Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:38 AM UTC

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Re: The Bosque Programming Language

#5

Post by chunsj » Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:40 AM UTC

At first site, it seems like a Swift clone. However, there surely be some reasons that I cannot catch.

Re: The Bosque Programming Language

#6

Post by cryptonector » Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:43 AM UTC

  typedef Letter = /^\w$/;
  typedef Digit = /^\d$/;

Shades of Perl5. Paging jwz!

Re: The Bosque Programming Language

#7

Post by keyle » Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:45 AM UTC

I like it already. But the page has a mix of statements ending with ';' and not. Which is it? Pick one and stick to it ;), it triggers my ocd more than naming interfaces 'concepts' and classes 'entity' for what seems like the heck of it. It does look swiftish and ceesharpy. But hey, if I can get something that looks like that, compile down to a small binary as fast as C++, I'll call your interface 'concepts' all day.

Re: The Bosque Programming Language

#8

Post by TylerE » Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:57 AM UTC

xixixao wrote: post #3

I gotta say you lost me at args->allof It’s 2020, if you’re really serious about building a new language, shouldn’t you at least pick a reasonable naming case convention? (allOf, AllOf, all_of, all-of would all work) (Not talking about the fact that allOf doesn’t seem very consistent with other languages...)

all-of should not work unless your syntax for basic arithmetic is something heinous.

Re: The Bosque Programming Language

#9

Post by munro » Thu, May 14, 2020, 6:02 AM UTC

TylerE wrote: post #8

xixixao wrote: post #3

I gotta say you lost me at args->allof It’s 2020, if you’re really serious about building a new language, shouldn’t you at least pick a reasonable naming case convention? (allOf, AllOf, all_of, all-of would all work) (Not talking about the fact that allOf doesn’t seem very consistent with other languages...)

all-of should not work unless your syntax for basic arithmetic is something heinous.

Or you're Lisp

Re: The Bosque Programming Language

#10

Post by pjmlp » Thu, May 14, 2020, 6:12 AM UTC

mpoteat wrote: post #2

This is pretty cool. This project has a long way to go before it's mature, but as someone who uses Typescript every day professionally, the promise of the ease and safety of Typescript coupled with the speed of C++ is really compelling.

You can already play with something like that, Static TypeScript, used on MakeCode for targeting embedded devices.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/static-...

Microsoft MakeCode: from C++ to TypeScript and Blockly (and Back)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGhhV2kfJ-w

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/makecode