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Making a new language is more like making a new instrument or a new cooking tool though. You've got quite a mountain to climb in getting people to use it, to th
by lordnacho 6y ago
Making a new language is more like making a new instrument or a new cooking tool though. You've got quite a mountain to climb in getting people to use it, to the level where there's enough usage to to be worth the effort. Sure, you can make a new language as an exercise in creativity, but there's more than a few "serious" languages that all seem to have a mix of the same set of ideas (types, immutability, lambdas, etc).
- brainless 6y agoI totally agree it is a climb, but only if that was the intention of the creator. We constantly forget that engineers can also be creators for their own sake. There are many many many little know programming languages. Only a tiny % get traction. This is the natural pattern to everything around us. Newtown developed Infinitesimal Calculus in the same period that most students study the subject. We cherish these as accomplishments because they become famous, but most do not become famous or even useful. It does not mean people should stop experimenting or creating.