So, my language is basically a DSL for Java in many regards. I basically translate Adama code to Java, and then build on the fly. A comparable framework for so

So, my language is basically a DSL for Java in many regards. I basically translate Adama code to Java, and then build on the fly. A comparable framework for some of the workloads I envision would be https://akka.io/docs/ https://akka.io/docs/ , but then you have to live within the framework or bad things happen. My idea with the language is that I eliminate all the bad things and keep thing simple. Where I've scratched my head on this problem with existing solutions is that you need a lot of things to align. For instance, making it possible to coordinate players easy requires having a language support async/await semantics. This lets the server coordinate you playing a card which another player can interfere with, and another player could interfere with that. The challenge with async/await in modern languages is what do you do with the process if the future takes... hours to return? How do you handle upgrades? operations in the cloud of cattle? This is where I started to re-invent a logger for board games, but then you must treat all your game code as deterministic. If you don't, then you are in for a surprise as the server replays the log. Instead of trusting myself, I'm forging the standard library such that everything is deterministic. The final component that gives me confidence in needing a language is the reactivity. My language is basically a text-based Excel engine with tables, objects, and global values. This means that when a player makes a move, I simply need to manipulate the state appropriately and then everything bound to that state gets computed on the fly as needed. The state also is annotated with privacy controls such that important information doesn't leak between players, and this is something that is really hard outside of a language context. All in all, I don't really need a language to ship a single game, but if I want a platform to enable anyone to build a board game, then I need to make it accommodating.