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F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

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Re: F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

#3

Post by cyanregiment »

Clicked like 5 pages and never found 1 code example.

Idk why languages don't have their syntax in a sandbox front-and-center on the home page.

It's like a video game site with zero screenshots or videos (also rampant).

New programming languages I want 2 things:

1. What does the syntax look like

2. Why would I use this language

Talk about the proof logic, show the syntax, thank you

Re: F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

#4

Post by rainyq »

cyanregiment wrote: post #3

Clicked like 5 pages and never found 1 code example. Idk why languages don't have their syntax in a sandbox front-and-center on the home page. It's like a video game site with zero screenshots or videos (also rampant). New programming languages I want 2 things: 1. What does the syntax look like 2. Why would I use this language Talk about the proof logic, show the syntax, thank you

just click the screenshot

Re: F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

#5

Post by qzzi »

cyanregiment wrote: post #3

Clicked like 5 pages and never found 1 code example. Idk why languages don't have their syntax in a sandbox front-and-center on the home page. It's like a video game site with zero screenshots or videos (also rampant). New programming languages I want 2 things: 1. What does the syntax look like 2. Why would I use this language Talk about the proof logic, show the syntax, thank you

I clicked on 2 links on the main page in the Learn F* section...

Re: F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

#6

Post by munchler »

cyanregiment wrote: post #3

Clicked like 5 pages and never found 1 code example. Idk why languages don't have their syntax in a sandbox front-and-center on the home page. It's like a video game site with zero screenshots or videos (also rampant). New programming languages I want 2 things: 1. What does the syntax look like 2. Why would I use this language Talk about the proof logic, show the syntax, thank you

https://fstar-lang.org/tutorial/

Re: F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

#7

Post by Verdex »

cyanregiment wrote: post #3

Clicked like 5 pages and never found 1 code example. Idk why languages don't have their syntax in a sandbox front-and-center on the home page. It's like a video game site with zero screenshots or videos (also rampant). New programming languages I want 2 things: 1. What does the syntax look like 2. Why would I use this language Talk about the proof logic, show the syntax, thank you

To borrow your video game analogy. F* is the dwarf fortress of programming languages. Screenshots are only going to confuse anyone who isn't ready to take a significant mental journey.

Re: F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

#8

Post by aleph_minus_one »

munchler wrote: post #6
cyanregiment wrote: post #3

Clicked like 5 pages and never found 1 code example. Idk why languages don't have their syntax in a sandbox front-and-center on the home page. It's like a video game site with zero screenshots or videos (also rampant). New programming languages I want 2 things: 1. What does the syntax look like 2. Why would I use this language Talk about the proof logic, show the syntax, thank you

https://fstar-lang.org/tutorial/

> https://fstar-lang.org/tutorial/

FYI: The link to this tutorial is unluckily a little bit obscured on the F* website: Go to

> https://fstar-lang.org/index.html#learn (1)

and click on the image below the text "You probably want to read it while trying out examples and exercises in your browser by clicking the image below.".

In the section of (1) also the PDF version is linked:

> https://fstar-lang.org/tutorial/proof-oriented-programming-i...

Re: F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

#10

Post by _flux »

munchler wrote: post #6
cyanregiment wrote: post #3

Clicked like 5 pages and never found 1 code example. Idk why languages don't have their syntax in a sandbox front-and-center on the home page. It's like a video game site with zero screenshots or videos (also rampant). New programming languages I want 2 things: 1. What does the syntax look like 2. Why would I use this language Talk about the proof logic, show the syntax, thank you

https://fstar-lang.org/tutorial/

I guess it's a bit popular right now

    * Error 17 at Welcome.fst(24,0-28,30):
      - Could not start SMT solver process.
      - Command: ‘/home/site/wwwroot/fstar/bin/z3’
      - Exception:
          Unix.Unix_error(Unix.ENOENT, "create_process", "/home/site/wwwroot/fstar/bin/z3")
    
    1 error was reported (see above)
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