Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
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Re: Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
#2FYI Bitlocker shows ntietz as a virus and won't let me access it.
Re: Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
#3The cute idea is:
> the only control flow you get is error handling
(and function definition/call, just without returns)
Re: Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
#4"Hurl" is terribly cute, but I suspect you could be even more successful if you had called it "yeet" :)
Re: Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
#5Your 'toss' primitive looks like common lisp's condition+restart, using a catch-block syntax in place of a `handler-bind` function.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36178141/common-lisp-exc...
Re: Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
#6"Hurl" is terribly cute, but I suspect you could be even more successful if you had called it "yeet" :)
hurl has the enjoyable duality where it can mean throw or vomit, where in the case of this language's curious construction both meanings apply.
Re: Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
#7FYI Bitlocker shows ntietz as a virus and won't let me access it.
Thanks for letting me know! I couldn’t find anything about Bitlocker as antivirus but assuming you’re talking about BitDefender (which also has flagged it). I’ve submitted a false positive report.
Re: Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
#8FYI Bitlocker shows ntietz as a virus and won't let me access it.
Thanks for letting me know! I couldn’t find anything about Bitlocker as antivirus but assuming you’re talking about BitDefender (which also has flagged it). I’ve submitted a false positive report.
It looks like a few vendors are flagging the URL. [1] Not sure why. Nothing sticks out at me on urlscan [2] You may have to reach out to those vendors to see what is tickling their detectors.
[1] - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/d4deec9bca49cdedb57d059d9...
[2] - https://urlscan.io/result/157fd01c-3442-43ae-a563-77ac7af2dc...
Re: Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
#9I think I'm gonna hurl!
Re: Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
#10"Hurl" is terribly cute, but I suspect you could be even more successful if you had called it "yeet" :)
hurl has the enjoyable duality where it can mean throw or vomit, where in the case of this language's curious construction both meanings apply.
This was a consideration in naming the language