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infernu
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The TypeScript Experience
Or maybe a sound type system can only be achieved either by limiting JavaScript or with a different language that compiles to JavaScript?
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Features of a dream programming language: 2nd draft.
Very constrained. Since "constraints liberate, liberties constrain", as Bjarnason said. Inspired by Golang's minimalism, and Elm's guardrails. For learnability and maintainability. Since discipline doesn't scale (obligatory xkcd: with too much power, and the wrong nudges, all it takes is a moment of laziness/crunch-time to corrupt a strong foundation), and a complex language affords nerd-sniping kinds of puzzles, and bikeshedding and idiomatic analysis-paralysis. Counter-inspired by Haskell. The virtue of functional programming is that it subtracts features that are too-powerful/footguns (compared to OOP), namely: mutation & side-effects. The language designers should take care of and standardize all the idiomacy (natural modes of expression in the language). "Inside every big ugly language there is a small beautiful language trying to come out." -- sinelaw. The language should assume the developer is an unexperienced, lazy, (immediately) forgetful, and habitual creature. As long as software development is done by mere humans. This assumption sets the bar (the worst case), and is a good principle for DX, as well as UX. The constrained nature of the language should allow for quick learning and proficiency. Complexity should lie in the system and domain, not the language. When the language restricts what can be done, it's easier to understand what was done (a smaller space of possibilities reduces ambiguity and increases predictability, which gives speed for everyone, at a small initial learning cost). The language should avoid Pit of Despair programming, and leave the programmer in the Pit of Success: where its rules encourage you to write correct code in the first place. Inspired by Eric Lippert, but also by Rust.
crystal
- A Language for Humans and Computers
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Top Paying Programming Technologies 2024
27. Crystal - $77,104
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Crystal 1.11.0 Is Released
I like the first code example on https://crystal-lang.org
# A very basic HTTP server
- Is Fortran "A Dead Language"?
- Choosing Go at American Express
- Odin Programming Language
- I Love Ruby
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Ruby 3.3's YJIT: Faster While Using Less Memory
Obviously as an interpreted language, it's never going to be as fast as something like C, Rust, or Go. Traditionally the ruby maintainers have not designed or optimized for pure speed, but that is changing, and the language is definitely faster these days compared to a decade ago.
If you like the ruby syntax/language but want the speed of a compiled language, it's also worth checking out Crystal[^1]. It's mostly ruby-like in syntax, style, and developer ergonomics.[^2] Although it's an entirely different language. Also a tiny community.
[1]: https://crystal-lang.org/
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What languages are useful for contribution to the GNOME project.
Crystal is a nice language that's not only simple to read and write but performs very well too. And the documentation is amazing as well.
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Jets: The Ruby Serverless Framework
Ruby is a super fun scripting language. I much prefer it to python when I need something with a little more "ooomph" than bash. It's just...nice...to write in. Ruby performance has come a long way in the last decade as well. There's libraries for pretty much everything.
My modern programming toolkit is basically golang + ruby + bash and I am never left wanting.
I do find Crystal (https://crystal-lang.org/) really interesting and am hoping it has its own "ruby on rails" moment that helps the language reach a tipping point in popularity. All the beauty of ruby with all of the speed of Go (and then some, it often compares favorably to languages like rust in benchmarks).
What are some alternatives?
ascii-art-to-unicode - Small program to convert ASCII box art to Unicode box drawings.
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ekg-carbon - An EKG backend to send statistics to Carbon (part of Graphite monitoring tools)
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argon2 - Haskell bindings to libargon2 - the reference implementation of the Argon2 password-hashing function
go - The Go programming language
gotta-go-fast - A command line utility for practicing typing and measuring your WPM and accuracy.
Elixir - Elixir is a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications
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mint-lang - :leaves: A refreshing programming language for the front-end web
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Odin - Odin Programming Language