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Imagine starting a job as a closure dev and being told you have to learn a new language with substantially different semantics
by afro88 5y ago
Imagine starting a job as a closure dev and being told you have to learn a new language with substantially different semantics
- TeMPOraL 5y agoEveryone is doing it already, to a large extent. Where "an API" ends and "a programming language" starts is a matter of opinion. It's a fuzzy boundary.
- xpe 5y agoDifferent semantics for different folks. For me, this sounds interesting. I'll defer judgment until I learn more.
- jwhitlark 5y agoI think it really comes down to how well the new semantics fit the problem domain. If it's a much better fit than the alternative, it's a net win. But just because you can define new semantics, doesn't make it a good idea. This is Nathan Marz we're talking about though; he's on the short list of people who can both accurately identify the need and create something workable to fill it. If he told me it was necessary for a particular problem domain, I (personally) would think long and hard before I disagreed.
- bpodgursky 5y agoI know people who work at RPL, am 1000% confident that anyone who joins knows _exactly_ what they are getting into (and this kind of crazy Nathan Marz rabbit hole is exactly why they signed up).