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Odin has similar syntax, but one of the main reasons I am interested in Jai is because it has strong meta-programming support[0], where as Odin explicitly doesn't for philosophical reasons.
[0] - https://github.com/Jai-Community/Jai-Community-Library/wiki/...
I'm surprised the author didn't mention the Lobster programming language when evaluating a successor language:
https://github.com/aardappel/lobster
The language seems to be exactly what he was looking for - a high-performance high-level language specifically designed for video games.
There's quite a lot of information, just not very accessible.
https://www.twitch.tv/j_blow/videos?filter=archives&sort=tim... : this is jai's author livestreaming language development, most up-to-date
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmV5I2fxaiCKfxMBrNsU1... : a cureated subset of twitch videos, possibly outdated info
https://github.com/BSVino/JaiPrimer/blob/master/JaiPrimer.md : a summary of jai based on the above curated videos, possibly outdated
Yeah, I think Bevy[1] is also a great example of something that fits in well with a lot of Rust's strengths while also showing that it's possible to lean in heavily to very gamedev centric approaches with how it approached ECS.
I think there's is some truth around try to avoid unsafe, that said the times I've dropped down into it I've found myself chasing heap corruption or use-after-free on more than one occasion :).
Some of Jai's AoS/SoA transforms look neat and certainly interested to see what it looks like once it starts opening up more.
[1] https://bevyengine.org/
Fast compilation seems very appealing. It is one of the main reason why I am interested into Go and Zig.
I recently started working with Rust for contributing to projects like Rome/tools [1] and deno_lint [2]. The compilation and IDE experience is frustrating. Compilation is slow. I am afraid that this is rooted to the inherent complexity of Rust.
[1] https://github.com/rome/tools
[2] https://github.com/denoland/deno_lint
Fast compilation seems very appealing. It is one of the main reason why I am interested into Go and Zig.
I recently started working with Rust for contributing to projects like Rome/tools [1] and deno_lint [2]. The compilation and IDE experience is frustrating. Compilation is slow. I am afraid that this is rooted to the inherent complexity of Rust.
[1] https://github.com/rome/tools
[2] https://github.com/denoland/deno_lint
Very good point, which partially alludes to the hype. It is amazing how much publicity that Jai is getting, despite being in a closed beta. It brings up the argument that if it were open to the public, with more eyes and critics on it, would the "hype train" crash? Odin (https://odin-lang.org/), a near category language, that is influenced by Jai and is open to the public, does not appear to be getting anywhere near the recognition.
To what extent does Jonathan Blow's status as a celebrity programmer, plays into all of this? As in, people want Jai to be the "next big thing", versus the actual merits of the language.
Pop and swap while iterating is definitely a useful feature. You can also queue removals up and do the pop and swap all together on a cleanup pass (snippet below). That said, most people don't code this way, so yeah, useful for sure.
https://github.com/matias-eduardo/conway/blob/2496472b0018bb...