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Some of these languages (ponyc) are still...prototypes. Yeah you can get them working for a limited set of "working" and with very specific setup->configuration
by jack9 10y ago
Some of these languages (ponyc) are still...prototypes. Yeah you can get them working for a limited set of "working" and with very specific setup->configurations. If every language included a Docker or VM with it already set up for some level of demo, I think a rate for adoption/learning them would uptick.
- shakna 10y agoI've used Pony in production. Not a language I would describe as just a prototype, when the compiler is almost as advanced as Rust's. As to the ease of compiling it... I've always compiled it from source, to track some bleeding-edge features, and compiling ponyc is a breeze.
- stefantalpalaru 10y ago> If every language included a Docker or VM with it already set up for some level of demo, I think a rate for adoption/learning them would uptick. Programming languages are for programmers - the kind of people that run programmer-friendly OSs/distros and figure out how to make their own packages when needed. You don't need containers and virtual machines when you can simply "emerge dev-lang/pony" and be on your merry way. Anyway, Pony is not the right example for the point you're trying to make because it already provides Gentoo, Arch, Debian, RedHat, macOS and Windows packages plus a Docker image.