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Param types: Ah, of course. I had a vague suspicion that was what was going on. But my brain was overloaded. Yeah, one concept per example is ideal. :-) 'Yea
by davegauer 9y ago
Param types: Ah, of course. I had a vague suspicion that was what was going on. But my brain was overloaded. Yeah, one concept per example is ideal. :-)
'Year' alias: excellent! That's one of those "look and feel" things that can make the transition to a new language so much smoother.
I was going to add something about "now comes the hard part after the initial flurry of activity: steadily growing the language without losing the passion." But I didn't want to end on a downer. I'm truly impressed with what you have so far.
- sifoo 9y agoAgreed, it needs momentum to keep going and that's where I could use some help right now. But it also becomes less of a struggle since I don't have to constantly invent the ground I'm walking on, and since it's now getting to the point where interesting programs are becoming possible. As an example, adding symbol support (https://github.com/basic-gongfu/cixl#symbols https://github.com/basic-gongfu/cixl#symbols) took about 30mins.