Io language

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Post by swah » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 8:30 AM UTC

Re: Io language

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Post by iambot » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 9:20 AM UTC

Seems to me that there are tonnes of new languages being developed all over the place, I wish they'd have a short list of intended uses/features... but not just all the features, rather the ones that are the selling point, why should I investigate this language further.

Re: Io language

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Post by draegtun » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 9:30 AM UTC

iambot wrote: post #2

Seems to me that there are tonnes of new languages being developed all over the place, I wish they'd have a short list of intended uses/features... but not just all the features, rather the ones that are the selling point, why should I investigate this language further.

Io is just shy of being 10 years old (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(programming_language)) so isn't that new though perhaps it's getting a bit more mention recently probably because of the book Seven Languages in Seven Weeks (http://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-w...).

There have been a few discussions about Io on HN before. Here is one post/thread from last year: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1538835

Re: Io language

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Post by riffraff » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 9:33 AM UTC

iambot wrote: post #2

Seems to me that there are tonnes of new languages being developed all over the place, I wish they'd have a short list of intended uses/features... but not just all the features, rather the ones that are the selling point, why should I investigate this language further.

while I second your feeling, Io is at least 8 years old, so not so new :)

Re: Io language

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Post by szany » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 9:41 AM UTC

I cannot get over how beautiful that site design is.

Re: Io language

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Post by iambot » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 9:52 AM UTC

riffraff wrote: post #4

iambot wrote: post #2

Seems to me that there are tonnes of new languages being developed all over the place, I wish they'd have a short list of intended uses/features... but not just all the features, rather the ones that are the selling point, why should I investigate this language further.

while I second your feeling, Io is at least 8 years old, so not so new :)

yeah I wasn't aware that Io was as old as it is, which makes my rash judgment all the more rash, but I still feel that way about many of the (relatively) new languages mentioned on HN every now and then

Re: Io language

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Post by draegtun » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 9:55 AM UTC

szany wrote: post #5

I cannot get over how beautiful that site design is.

Yes I also find it very aesthetically pleasing. And it's also very functional as well. For eg, see the search on the Reference page: http://www.iolanguage.com/scm/io/docs/reference/index.html

Steve Dekorte, the creator of Io, also uses same site design on his on website/blog: http://dekorte.com/

Re: Io language

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Post by sivers » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 10:03 AM UTC

At the RubyConf in 2003, I asked Matz (the creator of Ruby) what languages he was impressed with these days.

He said only one: Io

Re: Io language

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Post by farrel » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 10:13 AM UTC

Io is not very fast, even slower than Ruby.

Re: Io language

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Post by SamReidHughes » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 10:41 AM UTC

sivers wrote: post #8

At the RubyConf in 2003, I asked Matz (the creator of Ruby) what languages he was impressed with these days. He said only one: Io

I guess that shows how much taste he has, then.