Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

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Post by doesntmeananyth » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 10:36 PM UTC

Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai
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Re: Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

#2

Post by greatNespresso » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 10:41 PM UTC

This is my first exposure to Jai code, did not know it was now available to play with! Congrats on building this! Really appreciate your comments in the source.

Re: Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

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Post by version_five » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 11:01 PM UTC

I submitted a related article about Jai yesterday, and just realized it got a bit of discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37357408

Re: Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

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Post by AlectronikLabs » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 11:32 PM UTC

Afaik is Jai still in private beta or something alike, just seen some sources like this and RayLib bindings but not the compiler itself.

Re: Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

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Post by jhack » Sun, Sep 03, 2023, 1:00 AM UTC

Cool, an open source project in a language no one can use. Say what you will about V, at least it exists.

Re: Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

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Post by christophilus » Sun, Sep 03, 2023, 1:16 AM UTC

jhack wrote: post #5

Cool, an open source project in a language no one can use. Say what you will about V, at least it exists.

You can use Jai. You just have to ask. It’s in closed beta, but afik “closed” pretty much means “open to anyone who wants to be a beta tester”.

Re: Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

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Post by dmarcos » Sun, Sep 03, 2023, 3:05 AM UTC

christophilus wrote: post #6

jhack wrote: post #5

Cool, an open source project in a language no one can use. Say what you will about V, at least it exists.

You can use Jai. You just have to ask. It’s in closed beta, but afik “closed” pretty much means “open to anyone who wants to be a beta tester”.

How do you ask / apply?

Re: Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

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Post by dottedmag » Sun, Sep 03, 2023, 6:21 AM UTC

christophilus wrote: post #6

jhack wrote: post #5

Cool, an open source project in a language no one can use. Say what you will about V, at least it exists.

You can use Jai. You just have to ask. It’s in closed beta, but afik “closed” pretty much means “open to anyone who wants to be a beta tester”.

I have asked several times and got no answer.

Re: Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

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Post by Rochus » Sun, Sep 03, 2023, 6:54 AM UTC

It's interesting to look at the source code. However, I have yet to find a clear unique selling point that justifies the development of a new language and infrastructure, or clearly shows me why I shouldn't just use D, for example. Any hints?

Re: Focus: A simple and fast text editor written in Jai

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Post by sneak » Sun, Sep 03, 2023, 7:01 AM UTC

Given that the compiler for this language is not publicly available, is this still open source, considering that you cannot easily modify and rebuild it to your liking, despite being GPL?