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> I code mostly in domain-specific, esoteric, private languages, no stdlib or docs, and no online resources to learn from. Jesus, who are you?

denysvitali 4y ago
A brainfuck developer?
tmp_anon_22 4y ago
Retired? Or in Academia?
cupofpython 4y ago
im guessing a very loyal employee to an enterprise company outside of tech - probably logistics
generalizations 4y ago
DoD?
- BryanBeshore 4y ago
  The name is Den. Snow Den.
foldor 4y ago
My guess based in my experience would a MUMPS developer for someone like Epic or Meditech. That code gives me nightmares whenever I see it.
- oneepic 4y ago
  What, like $$foo(3,4,@bar,"baz")?
- easrng 4y ago
  Still can barely believe MUMPS is real tbh, first saw it on TDWTF and I thought it was a joke at first.
  - ternaryoperator 4y ago
    Coming from today's world, sure. But in 1966, a language with a built-in database was a godsend and there were no standard language conventions to adopt (C was still several years away and only COBOL and Fortran were in wide use).
blagie 4y ago
There are also a whole bunch of languages for: - Describing levels in video games, which are primarily data with code mixed in - Describing transformations of different sorts (e.g. the types of languages used in compilers for specifying a programming language parser, and then optimizations) - Defining hardware (analogues to Spice, Verilog, and VHDL). Hardware can also include mechanical objects, as well more broadly, wetware (e.g. custom bacteria, a la Ginko Bioworks) - Run on custom hardware (e.g. SIMD and MIMD platforms, similar to GPGPU) - Are primarily mathematical (e.g. for describing control systems, neural network architectures, etc.) ... and so on. Not all of this is a DOD/medical mess. A lot of DSLs are REALLY REALLY FUN.
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behnamoh 4y ago
Writing DSLs is not uncommon among Lisp developers.

denysvitali 4y ago

A brainfuck developer?

tmp_anon_22 4y ago

Retired? Or in Academia?

cupofpython 4y ago

im guessing a very loyal employee to an enterprise company outside of tech - probably logistics

generalizations 4y ago

DoD?

BryanBeshore 4y ago
The name is Den. Snow Den.

foldor 4y ago

My guess based in my experience would a MUMPS developer for someone like Epic or Meditech. That code gives me nightmares whenever I see it.

oneepic 4y ago
What, like $$foo(3,4,@bar,"baz")?
easrng 4y ago
Still can barely believe MUMPS is real tbh, first saw it on TDWTF and I thought it was a joke at first.
- ternaryoperator 4y ago
  Coming from today's world, sure. But in 1966, a language with a built-in database was a godsend and there were no standard language conventions to adopt (C was still several years away and only COBOL and Fortran were in wide use).

blagie 4y ago

There are also a whole bunch of languages for: - Describing levels in video games, which are primarily data with code mixed in - Describing transformations of different sorts (e.g. the types of languages used in compilers for specifying a programming language parser, and then optimizations) - Defining hardware (analogues to Spice, Verilog, and VHDL). Hardware can also include mechanical objects, as well more broadly, wetware (e.g. custom bacteria, a la Ginko Bioworks) - Run on custom hardware (e.g. SIMD and MIMD platforms, similar to GPGPU) - Are primarily mathematical (e.g. for describing control systems, neural network architectures, etc.) ... and so on. Not all of this is a DOD/medical mess. A lot of DSLs are REALLY REALLY FUN.

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behnamoh 4y ago

Writing DSLs is not uncommon among Lisp developers.