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Pretty cool! Is the source on GitHub? If not, do you plan to put it there under an open source license?

chkas 8y ago
Not yet - I intend it when it reaches a certain spread - I don't want anyone to change that a little and then claim it as his work.
- yorwba 8y ago
  I wonder why you think someone else copying your work is a risk. I'm aware that some people stuff their GitHub profiles by forking projects and rewriting the author information, but I don't think that influences the original project's reputation in any way.
- ModernMech 8y ago
  This is literally not a concern. There's a very large community of hobbyist programming language designers and I've never heard an instance of someone poaching another's language and running with it as their own.
  - maxhallinan 8y ago
    Where does this community of hobbyist language designers gather online?
    - ModernMech 8y ago
      /r/programminglanguages (17.5k subscribers) is a good start. They recently launched a directory of projects (50+) the group is working on: https://www.proglangdesign.net https://www.proglangdesign.net which also links to their IRC and discord servers. Also there's https://futureofcoding.org https://futureofcoding.org which has a growing community of language and tool designers focused on live-coding languages. There's a good number of projects being developed by members there.
      - maxhallinan 8y ago
        Thanks!
- csomar 8y ago
  I honest think the probability of that is quite close to 0.
- O1111OOO 8y ago
  > I intend it when it reaches a certain spread - I don't want anyone to change that a little It's a good decision. You've created an easy to follow programming language, built a wonderful interface, provided excellent instructions. People often forget that the essence of the code (the spirit of that code) is driven by the vision (and passion) of a single individual. Sometimes (but rarely) more than one person shares this vision. I have literally seen 100s of programming languages on HN and quite frankly, they are mostly copy/paste of existing languages built around the same mindset of others - providing no real advantages to their target audience. The target audience for https://easyprog.online/ide/ https://easyprog.online/ide/ is different. The cost of entry (in the manner you have built this) is much smaller than other options for beginning coders. You've done a nice job with this! I very much like that you wish to continue to control the direction until it can establish itself in some way.

Not yet - I intend it when it reaches a certain spread - I don't want anyone to change that a little and then claim it as his work.

yorwba 8y ago
I wonder why you think someone else copying your work is a risk. I'm aware that some people stuff their GitHub profiles by forking projects and rewriting the author information, but I don't think that influences the original project's reputation in any way.
ModernMech 8y ago
This is literally not a concern. There's a very large community of hobbyist programming language designers and I've never heard an instance of someone poaching another's language and running with it as their own.
- maxhallinan 8y ago
  Where does this community of hobbyist language designers gather online?
  - ModernMech 8y ago
    /r/programminglanguages (17.5k subscribers) is a good start. They recently launched a directory of projects (50+) the group is working on: https://www.proglangdesign.net https://www.proglangdesign.net which also links to their IRC and discord servers. Also there's https://futureofcoding.org https://futureofcoding.org which has a growing community of language and tool designers focused on live-coding languages. There's a good number of projects being developed by members there.
    - maxhallinan 8y ago
      Thanks!
csomar 8y ago
I honest think the probability of that is quite close to 0.
O1111OOO 8y ago
> I intend it when it reaches a certain spread - I don't want anyone to change that a little It's a good decision. You've created an easy to follow programming language, built a wonderful interface, provided excellent instructions. People often forget that the essence of the code (the spirit of that code) is driven by the vision (and passion) of a single individual. Sometimes (but rarely) more than one person shares this vision. I have literally seen 100s of programming languages on HN and quite frankly, they are mostly copy/paste of existing languages built around the same mindset of others - providing no real advantages to their target audience. The target audience for https://easyprog.online/ide/ https://easyprog.online/ide/ is different. The cost of entry (in the manner you have built this) is much smaller than other options for beginning coders. You've done a nice job with this! I very much like that you wish to continue to control the direction until it can establish itself in some way.