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I like the array type syntax: an array of five ints is int*int*int*int*int === int^5 instead of something like int[5]. Lots of interesting little ideas.
int*int*int*int*int int^5
The web page rubs me the wrong way. How can you claim to be the fastest anything without a single benchmark? How can you claim to be a "scripting language" when you're statically-typed and compile to C++? What does "scripting language" even mean then? How can you say things like "it will be a bit slow the first time but subsequent runs will load much faster than any VM." Any VM? Are you really "much faster" than: $ t…
I've kept an eye on felix-lang the last several months, and the project seems to be progressing continuously. I'm curious though: has it been used in production? I'd be very interested in reading real use stories, with up and down sides! Also, how is the community doing, and what about contributors? Do both groups grow?
one killer feature that would make me start learning it immediately is good, well-documented qt bindings (i'm sure it is possible, since felix compiles down to c++, but with the sparse documentation i have no idea how i would go about getting it up and running, and insufficient motivation to first learn the language and then figure out how to do it).
I like the array type syntax: an array of five ints is int*int*int*int*int === int^5 instead of something like int[5]. Lots of interesting little ideas.
How is int*int*int*int*int or even int^5 better than a plain int[5]? To me, the use of mathematical operators * and ^ causes dissonance.
They are smoking crack if they think anyone will use a scripting language that doesn't have a functioning REPL. My goto-languages for quick development are Perl 5, Clojure and Javascript. All 3 are adequately fast for real tasks. All are cross-platform, and all 3 support a REPL that allows doing real work interactively. These conditions are the absolute minimum to be viable as a scripting or sketch/prototyping langua…
What REPL do you use for Perl?
I also use re.pl from Devel::REPL (https://metacpan.org/module/Devel::REPL).
The web page rubs me the wrong way. How can you claim to be the fastest anything without a single benchmark? How can you claim to be a "scripting language" when you're statically-typed and compile to C++? What does "scripting language" even mean then? How can you say things like "it will be a bit slow the first time but subsequent runs will load much faster than any VM." Any VM? Are you really "much faster" than: $ t…
My "good enough" definition: a scripting language is a language that does not require you to write a main() function or define a class / object in order to produce output and features automatic memory management.
The web page rubs me the wrong way. How can you claim to be the fastest anything without a single benchmark? How can you claim to be a "scripting language" when you're statically-typed and compile to C++? What does "scripting language" even mean then? How can you say things like "it will be a bit slow the first time but subsequent runs will load much faster than any VM." Any VM? Are you really "much faster" than: $ t…
are you referring to the "The fastest scripting language on Earth" tagline? i saw that as a way to say "look, this is a compiled language that you can use as a scripting language" with a touch of whimsical humour.
Out of curiosity: How did you generate the slides?
The webserver, which is written in Felix, translates a particular format called "fdoc" to create the tutorial and slides, including embedded colourised hyperlinked Felix and C++ code. The translation is to a mix of HTML5 and Javascript. This link shows the source of the first slideshow: http://felix-lang.org/web/slides/language-overview.fdoc?text All the documentation and layout needs a lot more work. [BTW: I'm the p…
Over those 12 years, what are some of the biggest changes (in the language or its implementation) you have made? Where the changes mostly evolutionary?
Why do language designers continue to insist on semi-colon terminated lines?
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You obviously have no idea what signal-to-noise ratio is about if you think semicolons are noise. Who are you trying to impress?
End of line is already encoded in source files as \n. Redundancy isn't noise, but it is redundant.
I went through this transition before in Scala, the error messages got a lot worse after semi-colon inference was added. I wound up telling people to add semi-colons to their code when they were scratching their head at some sort of parse/type error message.