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Beads: Computer language and toolchain

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Re: Beads: Computer language and toolchain

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Post by koprulusector »

danpalmer wrote: post #13

It's very strange to me that the first pitch is that because desktops, laptops, and phones, are now all 64-bit, that is why we can now create a cross-platform language... that replaces scripting-ish languages. I could understand if this was saying the 64-bit transition made things like Zig/Rust much simpler, but this seems like a non-sequitur for what Beads appears to be for.

Came here to say this. I was immediately turned off by the marketing pitch and this non-sequitur given the link description.

EDIT: didn’t finish reading your comment when replying, but it’s telling we both used the phrase non-sequitur

Re: Beads: Computer language and toolchain

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Post by galangalalgol »

zitterbewegung wrote: post #27
sz4kerto wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We need these kind of experiments. If you learn too much about contemporary software engineering, then it is almost certain that you'll end up with a React front-end talking to a NodeJS/Java back-end hosted on Kubernetes. Which is obviously the right thing most of the time :) but the world is richer because of these super-ambitious, super-naive experiments. Also: imagine how much has someone learned from implementing…

I've done a super naive and ambitious startup idea. It was a big waste of time and I should have listened to more feedback. The world isn't richer if you listen to feedback quite the opposite it makes you improve what you are making. I agree about the learning aspect but overhyping something doesn't really pan out that well.

You weren't richer but the worl might be. Sometimes clean sheets and first principles discover assumptions that have changed. Either in how people use software, how the domain itself works, or the constraints of computing.

Re: Beads: Computer language and toolchain

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Post by c01n »

I like this, the constructs in the ref card look really powerful, it looks like a batteries included language. Downloading it now to take it for a spin.

Edit: Nevermind Beads only works on Windows and Mac, It needs Wine to work on Linux.

Re: Beads: Computer language and toolchain

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Post by vitiral »

Looking at the code examples I fail to see how this is a fundamental change from other full stack languages such as JavaScript, rust, C, C++, Nim.... The list goes on.

Not that that is a bad thing! I'm happy your working on it, but I don't think they or this will replace excel like tools until everyone decides to learn how to program instead of using an easy and familiar path.

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