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I poured 40-60 hours a week for a decade into a programming language that we open source and then flopped: https://gosu-lang.github.io/ https://gosu-lang.githu
by recursivedoubts 5y ago
I poured 40-60 hours a week for a decade into a programming language that we open source and then flopped:
https://gosu-lang.github.io/ https://gosu-lang.github.io/
I was paid during that time, and the language is still heavily used internally, but it never got picked up by the outside world and Kotlin arriving on the scene killed any chance it had.
Was fun though.
- atemerev 5y agoHmm, I have heard about it once or twice, as a minor “Java improvement” language like Ceylon. It is, however, next to impossible to popularize a new programming language without dedicated evangelists (e.g. hardcore fans who spend a lot of time on programmers forums and social networks, arguing for the language).
- recursivedoubts 5y agoyep, we were naive about that on the other hand, it was early on in the JVM language boom and so things like JRuby and Clojure were growing in popularity, and we thought we might have a shot at least it was fun there were some interesting technical aspects to the language, such as the open type system[1], which lives on in spirit in Manifold[2]. [1] - https://guidewiredevelopment.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/gosus-secret-sauce-the-open-type-system/ https://guidewiredevelopment.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/gosus-... [2] - http://manifold.systems/ http://manifold.systems/