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This is a site for programmers, not a world affairs site. "Discussing pet languages" is entirely within the scope of the site. There are about a zillion other places on the web to discuss current events. Maybe try one of them instead? (edit) From the FAQ: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute a…
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This is a site for programmers, not a world affairs site. "Discussing pet languages" is entirely within the scope of the site. There are about a zillion other places on the web to discuss current events. Maybe try one of them instead? (edit) From the FAQ: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute a…
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I'm not sure why you think it's important to discuss that stuff here. As I said, it's not like there aren't hundreds, probably thousands of other forums on the web explicitly for that kind of topic.
Now, if Ukraine or Russia were using some kind of novel radar jamming technology, or they were using a neural net to control their troop movements, or something like that, that would be within the scope of the site.
Two armies beating the crap out of each other is not novel in any way.
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#15For a niche-enough language you might contribute in this way even if you didn't start it.
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#16I enjoy cleanly organizing code more than getting things done. I can't help it.
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See my excerpt from the FAQ above. I'm not sure why you think it's important to discuss that stuff here . As I said, it's not like there aren't hundreds, probably thousands of other forums on the web explicitly for that kind of topic. Now, if Ukraine or Russia were using some kind of novel radar jamming technology, or they were using a neural net to control their troop movements, or something like that, that would be…
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#20I use BiwaScheme a lot. It's a (reasonably good, though not 100% complete) Scheme that runs in the browser and has excellent JavaScript interop. It's pleasant to write stuff in a non-ugly language, while still having access to the JS environment if you need it.