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Re: Interesting Programming Languages

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Post by g_delgado14 »

> Imba is a programming language for the web that compiles to performant and readable JavaScript. It has language level support for defining, extending, subclassing, instantiating and rendering dom nodes.

I found it odd to see this language up on the list, and not Elm.

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Post by panopticon »

g_delgado14 wrote: post #2

> Imba is a programming language for the web that compiles to performant and readable JavaScript. It has language level support for defining, extending, subclassing, instantiating and rendering dom nodes. I found it odd to see this language up on the list, and not Elm.

I think “interesting” is “novel” in this context. Given that pretext, I think Imba is a better fit for this list than Elm.

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Post by simonebrunozzi »

I'm reading a lot about WebAssembly (which, I know, it's not a programming language per se), and more recently Dark (https://darklang.com).

My open question is whether in the coming 2-3 years there will be a significant paradigm shift in programming languages, or not.

My bet is that a combination of new, purpose-specific languages, together with "real" AI, will have a chance to have a big impact.

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Post by tyingq »

6thaccount2 wrote: post #7

Notably missing: APL (Dyalog), J, Prolog, Rebol (Red is on the list), PicoLisp, Racket, Factor, 8th (Reva was mentioned and that was the creator's prior project), and Haskell. Maybe most of the above are too mainstream for the list.

Kotlin and Dart also. Maybe the same reason? There isn't a preamble with the reasoning...they just jump right into the list.
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