The Janet Language
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The Janet Language
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#2a bunch on examples on the first page - https://janetdocs.com/
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#3this is really cool. I love how small it is. with the Windows package for example, you actually only need "janet.exe", which is only 791 KB.
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#4Syntax looks a whole lot like Clojure. I immediately appreciate the optional immutability built in too.
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#5So this is kind of like a lightweight non-jvm clojure? I like it. Looks like it could be a nice swiss army knife for data munging.
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#7Janet is really powerful. Here's a small TUI text editor I'm writing in it, if you want to see a non-trivial example: https://www.github.com/CFiggers/joule-editor
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#8Janet is really powerful. Here's a small TUI text editor I'm writing in it, if you want to see a non-trivial example: https://www.github.com/CFiggers/joule-editor
Thought the link was broke but GH looks broken now?
Edit: Back up now
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#9Oh hey! Nice to see this on the front page here. I love Janet -- I've been using it for about year and a half, and it's now my go-to scripting language when I need something more powerful than bash, or when I want to hack on goofy little side project (some examples in my profile).
Parsing expression grammars (think, like, declarative parser combinators?) are a really great feature for ad-hoc text parsing -- and nicer than regular expressions, in my opinion, for anything longer than about ten characters.
The language itself is also a great introductory language-with-lots-of-parentheses, so you can explore compile-time metaprogramming with familiar runtime semantics -- think JavaScript plus value types minus all the wats. The embeddability and easy distribution (compiles to a static binary on any platform) is a huge plus as well.
Honestly I like Janet so much that I'm writing a book about it, because I think it's a shame that the language isn't more well-known. It's great! You should check it out right now!
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#10Syntax looks a whole lot like Clojure. I immediately appreciate the optional immutability built in too.
Make a note though that the immutable counterparts are not persistent, as the Clojure ones are.