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The author seems to be asking for all code to be written using a single standardized language. This premise won't work for me if I have to learn a new language
by hackaflocka 10y ago
The author seems to be asking for all code to be written using a single standardized language.
This premise won't work for me if I have to learn a new language, new libraries and coding environments, just to implement a filter in my GMail.
- traverseda 10y agoI think tools like cap'n proto and rethinkdb are a step in that direction. Rethinkdb comes pretty close to being a generic data store for arbitrary json, and cap'n proto does pretty alright with RPC across code bases. I'm not entirely sold on a single, global, execution environment. But python is pretty nice for that kind of work flow. You can import from wherever. Soon, you'll be able to import from remote procedure calls. I'm not sure what's going to work, but I think it is a solvable problem. We just need to focus on reducing API friction.