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Looks pretty good. I see someone has been reading "The Error Model" by Joe Duffy, eh? The example I would like to see is the one that shows the language's obje

Looks pretty good. I see someone has been reading "The Error Model" by Joe Duffy, eh? The example I would like to see is the one that shows the language's object-orientedness and message-passing. Something like "public_send" or "define_method". And maybe show runtime reflection capabilities, if Inko has them. Also, some questions you might want to answer on the main page/in examples: * What platforms are supported? * How big is the standard library? * How do I encode/decode JSON/XML? * What's the C FFI story? * Are there benchmarks?

YorickPeterse 8y ago
> Looks pretty good. I see someone has been reading "The Error Model" by Joe > Duffy, eh? Yes! It was a _huge_ inspiration. In fact, I wasn't sure what error handling mechanism to use until I read the article. > Something like "public_send" or "define_method". And maybe show runtime > reflection capabilities, if Inko has them. Good call, I'll note this down. Technically this is possible at the moment, but it's not exactly user friendly. Regarding your list of suggestions, I agree that having those would be nice, and I'll see how I can best add those. The state of the standard library can best be described as "very young". For example, only recently did I manage to add enough building blocks to build a testing standard library, and one of the next goals is to make sure everything is tested before adding more. Benchmarks aren't available yet because I think it's too early. FFI is planned, but not yet supported.
- kuwze 8y ago
  Just of curiosity, how does the error model of Midori relate an advanced exception system, such as that found in Common Lisp?
  - YorickPeterse 8y ago
    I haven't used Common Lisp, so sadly I'm not sure if the two are related (or how much).
cpeterso 8y ago
For those who haven't heard of Joe Duffy's error model post (like me): http://joeduffyblog.com/2016/02/07/the-error-model/ http://joeduffyblog.com/2016/02/07/the-error-model/

YorickPeterse 8y ago

> Looks pretty good. I see someone has been reading "The Error Model" by Joe > Duffy, eh? Yes! It was a _huge_ inspiration. In fact, I wasn't sure what error handling mechanism to use until I read the article. > Something like "public_send" or "define_method". And maybe show runtime > reflection capabilities, if Inko has them. Good call, I'll note this down. Technically this is possible at the moment, but it's not exactly user friendly. Regarding your list of suggestions, I agree that having those would be nice, and I'll see how I can best add those. The state of the standard library can best be described as "very young". For example, only recently did I manage to add enough building blocks to build a testing standard library, and one of the next goals is to make sure everything is tested before adding more. Benchmarks aren't available yet because I think it's too early. FFI is planned, but not yet supported.

kuwze 8y ago
Just of curiosity, how does the error model of Midori relate an advanced exception system, such as that found in Common Lisp?
- YorickPeterse 8y ago
  I haven't used Common Lisp, so sadly I'm not sure if the two are related (or how much).

cpeterso 8y ago

For those who haven't heard of Joe Duffy's error model post (like me): http://joeduffyblog.com/2016/02/07/the-error-model/ http://joeduffyblog.com/2016/02/07/the-error-model/