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I tried to learn something about who or what is behind this language/platform. The mint-lang website is not very revealing. Someone named Szikszai Gusztáv appea

I tried to learn something about who or what is behind this language/platform. The mint-lang website is not very revealing. Someone named Szikszai Gusztáv appears to be a core contributor to the GitHub repo.

mdgrech23 7y ago
I know it's pretty amazing that this was created by by a small group of contributors. So many of the languages and tools these days are from enterprise giants like Flutter.
adzm 7y ago
A mint dev is on HN; @gdotdesign https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gdotdesign https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gdotdesign
gdotdesign 7y ago
I'm the author and main contributor of the language, let me know if you have any questions, happy to answer :)
- pier25 7y ago
  So how does it work? Does it use a virtual dom? How is the performance? What about the bundle size? The answers to those questions should be on your home page. Also it would be great if you included it here: https://github.com/krausest/js-framework-benchmark https://github.com/krausest/js-framework-benchmark
  - gdotdesign 7y ago
    Mint uses React as the view layer anything else is done by either the compiler or the runtime(1). So the bundle size should be around the same as react or smaller (the compiler can output optimized code) and the performance is the same. [1]https://github.com/mint-lang/mint-runtime https://github.com/mint-lang/mint-runtime
    - pier25 7y ago
      Thanks. I skimmed over the docs but didn't find that mentioned anywhere. Why not use something faster and smaller than React though like Preact or Inferno?
      - gdotdesign 7y ago
        It is possible, but it turns out they are not a 100% compatible.
        pier25 7y ago
        Not 100% compatible but much faster and lightweight: https://krausest.github.io/js-framework-benchmark/current.html https://krausest.github.io/js-framework-benchmark/current.ht...
- airstrike 7y ago
  Sorry, totally insubstantial comment, but noticed a typo towards the bottom. s/interopability/interoperability
- rankam 7y ago
  What does the next keyword do? I see it in examples, but couldn't find anything about in the docs (or maybe I overlooked it)
  - gdotdesign 7y ago
    It steps the sate forward, think of it as `this.setState`.
    - rankam 7y ago
      Got it - thanks!
    - deleted 7y ago
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mdgrech23 7y ago

I know it's pretty amazing that this was created by by a small group of contributors. So many of the languages and tools these days are from enterprise giants like Flutter.

adzm 7y ago

A mint dev is on HN; @gdotdesign https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gdotdesign https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gdotdesign

gdotdesign 7y ago

I'm the author and main contributor of the language, let me know if you have any questions, happy to answer :)

pier25 7y ago
So how does it work? Does it use a virtual dom? How is the performance? What about the bundle size? The answers to those questions should be on your home page. Also it would be great if you included it here: https://github.com/krausest/js-framework-benchmark https://github.com/krausest/js-framework-benchmark
- gdotdesign 7y ago
  Mint uses React as the view layer anything else is done by either the compiler or the runtime(1). So the bundle size should be around the same as react or smaller (the compiler can output optimized code) and the performance is the same. [1]https://github.com/mint-lang/mint-runtime https://github.com/mint-lang/mint-runtime
  - pier25 7y ago
    Thanks. I skimmed over the docs but didn't find that mentioned anywhere. Why not use something faster and smaller than React though like Preact or Inferno?
    - gdotdesign 7y ago
      It is possible, but it turns out they are not a 100% compatible.
      - pier25 7y ago
        Not 100% compatible but much faster and lightweight: https://krausest.github.io/js-framework-benchmark/current.html https://krausest.github.io/js-framework-benchmark/current.ht...
airstrike 7y ago
Sorry, totally insubstantial comment, but noticed a typo towards the bottom. s/interopability/interoperability
rankam 7y ago
What does the next keyword do? I see it in examples, but couldn't find anything about in the docs (or maybe I overlooked it)
- gdotdesign 7y ago
  It steps the sate forward, think of it as `this.setState`.
  - rankam 7y ago
    Got it - thanks!
  - deleted 7y ago
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