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And the motivation for designing the new language. What problems does it solve better than existing languages? How does it promote the creation of maintainable
by augustk 6y ago
And the motivation for designing the new language. What problems does it solve better than existing languages? How does it promote the creation of maintainable programs? Etc, etc.
- phonebucket 6y ago> What problems does it solve better than existing languages? How does it promote the creation of maintainable programs? I broadly agree that widespread adoption probably requires answering some sort question like these. But sometimes people create languages just because they are fun to create, and they think other people might enjoy using them.
- pjmlp 6y agoJust taking into consideration that most engineering degrees have of some of compilers design course, there are thousands of programming languages born every year across the globe. So it needs more than just "grammar + semantics + basic library" to actually be relevant. However that is how many nowadays mainstream languages have started, so luck also plays a big role.