Imba: A new programming language for web apps

As this seems to be some kind of javascript derivate using node.js on the backend (?) I'm interested in how this deals with async operations, ie. can you create functions which take a long time to run without blocking other users?

This is especially important as they are targeting server side too.

Re: Imba: A new programming language for web apps

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Post by judofyr » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:31 PM UTC

temp wrote: post #2

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10866540 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10863827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10091454

The last story there has many interesting comments. I recommend reading through it (and looking for comments by "somebee" and "judofyr") if you want to understand more about the philosophy behind the Imba.

This submission is mainly because the website has been updated with more documentation and examples. If you were interested earlier and found it difficult to get started, it might be worth a second look now.

Re: Imba: A new programming language for web apps

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Post by nailer » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:33 PM UTC

golergka wrote: post #5

To all people who reply negatively to this: don't you guys actually like learning new languages? Why?

I think existing programmers sometimes forget that there's more people who /will/ program than who /do/ program. They have existing biases: towards extra tokens, separation of concerns by separating technologies rather than components, and other newer concepts that they legitimately do find strange.

People making programming languages are much better suited by targeting non-programmers: existing devs are often simply not their audience.

Re: Imba: A new programming language for web apps

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Post by vertex-four » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:36 PM UTC

mikkom wrote: post #7

As this seems to be some kind of javascript derivate using node.js on the backend (?) I'm interested in how this deals with async operations, ie. can you create functions which take a long time to run without blocking other users? This is especially important as they are targeting server side too.

I'm not reading anything which suggests they're targeting server-side.