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Lucid – the origin story

58 points by rutenspitz 6y ago

pottertheotter 6y ago
In case others are wondering, this is about Lucid, the "dataflow programming language designed" [1], not the unicorn startup [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_(programming_language) [2] https://www.golucid.co/ https://www.golucid.co/
- msla 6y ago
  And here I thought it was about the company behind XEmacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEmacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEmacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_Inc%2e https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_Inc%2e
  - zeveb 6y ago
    Same here, particularly with the latest release of GNU Emacs.
  - waiseristy 6y ago
    And here I was thinking about the automotive startup! https://lucidmotors.com/ https://lucidmotors.com/
    - clouddrover 6y ago
      The Lucid Air is quite impressive: https://www.motortrend.com/cars/lucid/air/2021/2021-lucid-air-first-ride-review-range-test/ https://www.motortrend.com/cars/lucid/air/2021/2021-lucid-ai...
    - thayne 6y ago
      It is quite an overused name.
      - 082349872349872 6y ago
        TIL it literally means "shiny", so if one wished to name a company or project after the new shiny, it would be something like Novum Lucidum? (Incidentally, the "new idea manure spreader" is a thing.)
        sn41 6y ago
        from lux, Latin for light. Similarly, lucent, pellucid, lucifer (light bearer).
  - pjmlp 6y ago
    That was my first thought as well.
jweir 6y ago
Zélus is a modern language inspired in part by Lucid. I have been intrigued by this language, but have yet to get the time to try it out. https://zelus.di.ens.fr/ https://zelus.di.ens.fr/
- herodotus 6y ago
  Zelus is partly inspired by a language called Lucid Synchrone which is not the language discussed in the original article.
  - bade 6y ago
    Lucid Synchrome was inspired by this Lucid
klik99 6y ago
Lucid represents to me a huge untapped area of growth for new programming languages. It's been a huge inspiration on the DSP language I've been working on: https://intonal.io/ https://intonal.io/ (currently working on more examples and documentation) I encourage anyone interested to read Bill Wadge's book on Lucid: http://worrydream.com/refs/Wadge%20-%20Lucid,%20the%20Dataflow%20Programming%20Language.pdf http://worrydream.com/refs/Wadge%20-%20Lucid,%20the%20Datafl... and check out one of the implementations of the language https://code.google.com/archive/p/plucid/ https://code.google.com/archive/p/plucid/ or https://github.com/billwadge/pyLucid https://github.com/billwadge/pyLucid It's an eye opening experience

58 points by rutenspitz 6y ago

In case others are wondering, this is about Lucid, the "dataflow programming language designed" [1], not the unicorn startup [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_(programming_language) [2] https://www.golucid.co/ https://www.golucid.co/

msla 6y ago
And here I thought it was about the company behind XEmacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEmacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEmacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_Inc%2e https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_Inc%2e
- zeveb 6y ago
  Same here, particularly with the latest release of GNU Emacs.
- waiseristy 6y ago
  And here I was thinking about the automotive startup! https://lucidmotors.com/ https://lucidmotors.com/
  - clouddrover 6y ago
    The Lucid Air is quite impressive: https://www.motortrend.com/cars/lucid/air/2021/2021-lucid-air-first-ride-review-range-test/ https://www.motortrend.com/cars/lucid/air/2021/2021-lucid-ai...
  - thayne 6y ago
    It is quite an overused name.
    - 082349872349872 6y ago
      TIL it literally means "shiny", so if one wished to name a company or project after the new shiny, it would be something like Novum Lucidum? (Incidentally, the "new idea manure spreader" is a thing.)
      - sn41 6y ago
        from lux, Latin for light. Similarly, lucent, pellucid, lucifer (light bearer).
- pjmlp 6y ago
  That was my first thought as well.

jweir 6y ago

Zélus is a modern language inspired in part by Lucid. I have been intrigued by this language, but have yet to get the time to try it out. https://zelus.di.ens.fr/ https://zelus.di.ens.fr/

herodotus 6y ago
Zelus is partly inspired by a language called Lucid Synchrone which is not the language discussed in the original article.
- bade 6y ago
  Lucid Synchrome was inspired by this Lucid

klik99 6y ago

Lucid represents to me a huge untapped area of growth for new programming languages. It's been a huge inspiration on the DSP language I've been working on: https://intonal.io/ https://intonal.io/ (currently working on more examples and documentation) I encourage anyone interested to read Bill Wadge's book on Lucid: http://worrydream.com/refs/Wadge%20-%20Lucid,%20the%20Dataflow%20Programming%20Language.pdf http://worrydream.com/refs/Wadge%20-%20Lucid,%20the%20Datafl... and check out one of the implementations of the language https://code.google.com/archive/p/plucid/ https://code.google.com/archive/p/plucid/ or https://github.com/billwadge/pyLucid https://github.com/billwadge/pyLucid It's an eye opening experience