I'll wait until someone uploads a docker image with code-server in it or something
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#42Why are people so enthused about Python syntax? Some problems off the top of my head: - The lack of new variable declaration keyword makes scopes less explicit. nonlocal is not simpler in the large than `let x = ...` - The lack of multi-line lambdas is very limiting for anyone coming from JS, C#, Rust, Kotlin... heck even Java - The ternary operator (... if ... else ...) is needlessly different for other mainstream l…
I'd like to add that forced whitespace is infuriating. It's annoying to navigate (in vim I can't easily go to the beginning/end of a code block like I can in languages where scopes are defined by braces), and it's annoying to read because it's not always intuitive how deep I am within nested scopes
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I believe K is still quite popular at various banks.
Probably, but again K is a language from 1993. I think closed-source languages are relics from a time it was more normal and some are so established they're still accepted, but new closed-source languages feel out of touch. Can you think of any new ones that caught on? I really can't to be honest!
Game Maker Language is the only one I can think of with a large number of active users and community resources.
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#44I’m really excited about Mojo, but can’t help but feel like Modular’s insistence to register for the download is a red flag for how they will handle Mojo development. It leaves a bit of a bad impression.
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#45Why are people so enthused about Python syntax? Some problems off the top of my head: - The lack of new variable declaration keyword makes scopes less explicit. nonlocal is not simpler in the large than `let x = ...` - The lack of multi-line lambdas is very limiting for anyone coming from JS, C#, Rust, Kotlin... heck even Java - The ternary operator (... if ... else ...) is needlessly different for other mainstream l…
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#46Who would risk using a closed-source language? I know some academic groups using Matlab, and I know some engineering companies use tools like Simulink, but these are very established products. I don't think I could even get sign-off for using a new closed language for a work project...
> I don't think I could even get sign-off for using a new closed language for a work project...
Not with that kind of honesty, but call it a product/framework/partner for automatically optimizing in-house python code or something like that, and it sails right through.
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#47Who would risk using a closed-source language? I know some academic groups using Matlab, and I know some engineering companies use tools like Simulink, but these are very established products. I don't think I could even get sign-off for using a new closed language for a work project...
> Who would risk using a closed-source language?
Who doesn’t want a 68.000x speed-up!
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#48Why are people so enthused about Python syntax? Some problems off the top of my head: - The lack of new variable declaration keyword makes scopes less explicit. nonlocal is not simpler in the large than `let x = ...` - The lack of multi-line lambdas is very limiting for anyone coming from JS, C#, Rust, Kotlin... heck even Java - The ternary operator (... if ... else ...) is needlessly different for other mainstream l…
Tiny details that are not relevant in the big picture though.
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#49It seems quite exciting and all but I cannot figure out why they choose to impress people with marketing posts like "it is a billion times faster, oh no it is actually a zillion times faster" while their actual potential user base is waiting for license issues to be clarified.
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#50Related. Others?
How Mojo gets a speedup over Python – Part 2 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37307260 - Aug 2023 (63 comments)
Mojo gets a speedup over Python – Part 1 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37294001 - Aug 2023 (3 comments)
Introduction to Mojo Language - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37200400 - Aug 2023 (3 comments)
Guido van Rossum feedback to Chris Lattner on Mojo programming language [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36389804 - June 2023 (3 comments)
A first look at the Mojo language. as easy as Python, as fast as Rust - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36289625 - June 2023 (1 comment)
Why use the new Mojo programming language? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35852734 - May 2023 (4 comments)
Mojo: The usability of Python with the performance of C - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35825399 - May 2023 (45 comments)
Mojo – a new programming language for AI developers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35790367 - May 2023 (261 comments)
Chris Lattner and Modular Announce Mojo, a New Programming Language - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35789890 - May 2023 (10 comments)