Dada, an experimental new programming language
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Dada, an experimental new programming language
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Re: Dada, an experimental new programming language
#2If the claim that its performance will be similar to Rust's if you add type annotations, this could become a really attractive language!
As easy as JavaScript to write, as fast as Rust when the extra effort to write it justifies it.
Re: Dada, an experimental new programming language
#3> but one that was meant to feel more like Java or JavaScript
Those are two very different feelings though!
Re: Dada, an experimental new programming language
#4If the claim that its performance will be similar to Rust's if you add type annotations, this could become a really attractive language! As easy as JavaScript to write, as fast as Rust when the extra effort to write it justifies it.
There’s no claim to be as easy as javascript to write.
Rusts “difficulty” stems from its single ownership model, and this model is “different” not “easier”.
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#5what does "creators of rust" mean? Graydon? niko? pcwalton?
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#6Their Hello, Dada! example:
print("...").await
I'm coming from Python, and I can't help but ask: If my goal as a programmer is to simply print to the console, why should I care about the await? This already starts with a non zero complexity and some cognitive load, like the `public static void main` from Java.
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#7what does "creators of rust" mean? Graydon? niko? pcwalton?
niko judging from Github commits https://github.com/dada-lang/dada/graphs/contributors
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#9If the claim that its performance will be similar to Rust's if you add type annotations, this could become a really attractive language! As easy as JavaScript to write, as fast as Rust when the extra effort to write it justifies it.
There’s no claim to be as easy as javascript to write. Rusts “difficulty” stems from its single ownership model, and this model is “different” not “easier”. https://dada-lang.org/docs/dyn_tutorial/permissions
From what it looks more expressive and seems intuitive to me.
Re: Dada, an experimental new programming language
#10Their Hello, Dada! example: print("...").await I'm coming from Python, and I can't help but ask: If my goal as a programmer is to simply print to the console, why should I care about the await? This already starts with a non zero complexity and some cognitive load, like the `public static void main` from Java.
I'd say you want something like 'debug_msg()' for this.
'print()' should be async because it does IO. In the real world most likely you'd see the output once you yield.