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Ć Programming Language - Compile C# subset to C, Java, C#, JS, AS, Perl and D

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Re: Ć Programming Language - Compile C# subset to C, Java, C#, JS, AS, Perl and D

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Post by chris_wot »

ippisl wrote: post #30
chris_wot wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not saying there isn't a need, but I'm interested in knowing of another need. Hasn't this been done in C already? C pretty much runs anywhere, after all. What exactly does this bring to the table? Sorry that people thought I was being negative (as per all the downvotes - you people really aught to comment), I'm just curious as to why other languages don't fill this gap.

C# is nicer than c, and writing bindings for c libraries in other languages is not fun.

I would say that I like C++ more than I like C#. C and C# are entirely different beasts.

Re: Ć Programming Language - Compile C# subset to C, Java, C#, JS, AS, Perl and D

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Post by WayneDB »

iso8859-1 wrote: post #23
trailfox wrote: post #13

Nice idea, but please give it a name that makes the language easy to discuss and search for. There's no way I'm going to work on Monday and discussing: 'did you see that new language that I have no idea how it's pronounced that was on HN?'

Almost all other languages have ASCII names. How do you think South Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, etc refer to them? They figured it out, just like you would, if you wanted to.

The name of something makes a big difference in the USA though. If it sounds ridiculous or has a non-obvious pronunciation, people won't take it seriously.

Rationalize all you want...the issue makes it a non-starter for many people.

Re: Ć Programming Language - Compile C# subset to C, Java, C#, JS, AS, Perl and D

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Post by WayneDB »

ygra wrote: post #25
Trufa wrote: post #21

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Except when the name is Ć.

Cee acute? Doesn't strike me as that horrible.

It's pretty horrible. I'm not even sure that's what it's called because I can't find the actual word "acute" on that page.

Furthermore - look at what they have to resort to calling it in code, on the command line and in URLs: ci.

Re: Ć Programming Language - Compile C# subset to C, Java, C#, JS, AS, Perl and D

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Post by jrdavis »

davorb wrote: post #28
danabramov wrote: post #20

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At least in OS X, you can type Ć by holding C and pressing 2: http://i.imgur.com/6xCSVW5.png

I don't have this functionality. Could you explain if I have to enable something for it to work? It would be a great help, since I have that letter in my last name...

It's on by default on OS X Lion+.

Re: Ć Programming Language - Compile C# subset to C, Java, C#, JS, AS, Perl and D

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Post by mietek »

davorb wrote: post #28
danabramov wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least in OS X, you can type Ć by holding C and pressing 2: http://i.imgur.com/6xCSVW5.png

I don't have this functionality. Could you explain if I have to enable something for it to work? It would be a great help, since I have that letter in my last name...

You need OS X 10.7 or later. To enable:

    defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
To disable:

    defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Re: Ć Programming Language - Compile C# subset to C, Java, C#, JS, AS, Perl and D

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Post by profquail »

This is a really interesting project. However...

It's licensed under GPLv3 -- in my experience, that's an instant turnoff for most .NET (C#/F#/VB.NET) developers. If you changed the license to something like Apache 2.0, I think you'd get much more interest; not only new users, but new contributors too.

Re: Ć Programming Language - Compile C# subset to C, Java, C#, JS, AS, Perl and D

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Post by 3825 »

profquail wrote: post #39

This is a really interesting project. However... It's licensed under GPLv3 -- in my experience, that's an instant turnoff for most .NET (C#/F#/VB.NET) developers. If you changed the license to something like Apache 2.0, I think you'd get much more interest; not only new users, but new contributors too.

What's wrong with GPLv3? I thought the only thing that changed from v2 was preventing tivotization?
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