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Whew. I’m glad this exists. It’s been a few days since yet another programming language has been introduced into the world. Sarcasm aside, while I think strivi

Whew. I’m glad this exists. It’s been a few days since yet another programming language has been introduced into the world. Sarcasm aside, while I think striving to be better is great, sometimes I wish there was just a standard language for programming. I realize it depends on the context (mobile, web, desktop application, different platforms) but it can feel overwhelming when in the end, they all pretty much do the same thing: tell a computer to do things.

steveklabnik 3y ago
> It’s been a few days since yet another programming language has been introduced into the world. Red is not a new language.
- Tozen 3y ago
  Not at all. Is around 12 years old, and seems still quite far from hitting 1.0. I'm a bit amazed by that.
  - troupo 3y ago
    Because the author and the team keep setting unachievable timeframes. Five-ish years ago they were aiming for a 1.0 within a year while still having major milestones like adding actors (and re-writing half of internals to support actors) on the roadmap.
- rumblestrut 3y ago
  Still new to many.
keithnz 3y ago
not new, and red is actually quite interesting compared to other languages, worth having a good look. Also, worth reading Paul Grahams "Blub Paradox" article from decades ago... http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html (hopefully you know who he is given you are here on HN)
hmry 3y ago
This language is more than 10 years old
brokenkebaby 3y ago
>I wish there was just a standard language for programming. Approved by a Central Planning Committee, I suppose?
chriswarbo 3y ago
> sometimes I wish there was just a standard language for programming Good news, there is such a standard, and you can buy it here: https://webstore.ansi.org/standards/incits/ansix3531976r1998 https://webstore.ansi.org/standards/incits/ansix3531976r1998 Some choice quotes from the Wikipedia page ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I ): > PL/I (Programming Language One) is a procedural, imperative computer programming language initially developed by IBM. The PL/1 ANSI standard, X3.53-1976, was published in 1976. It is designed for scientific, engineering, business and system programming. > IBM wanted a single programming language for all users. > The language is designed to be all things to all programmers.[vague]

steveklabnik 3y ago

> It’s been a few days since yet another programming language has been introduced into the world. Red is not a new language.

Tozen 3y ago
Not at all. Is around 12 years old, and seems still quite far from hitting 1.0. I'm a bit amazed by that.
- troupo 3y ago
  Because the author and the team keep setting unachievable timeframes. Five-ish years ago they were aiming for a 1.0 within a year while still having major milestones like adding actors (and re-writing half of internals to support actors) on the roadmap.
rumblestrut 3y ago
Still new to many.

keithnz 3y ago

not new, and red is actually quite interesting compared to other languages, worth having a good look. Also, worth reading Paul Grahams "Blub Paradox" article from decades ago... http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html (hopefully you know who he is given you are here on HN)

hmry 3y ago

This language is more than 10 years old

brokenkebaby 3y ago

>I wish there was just a standard language for programming. Approved by a Central Planning Committee, I suppose?

chriswarbo 3y ago

> sometimes I wish there was just a standard language for programming Good news, there is such a standard, and you can buy it here: https://webstore.ansi.org/standards/incits/ansix3531976r1998 https://webstore.ansi.org/standards/incits/ansix3531976r1998 Some choice quotes from the Wikipedia page ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I ): > PL/I (Programming Language One) is a procedural, imperative computer programming language initially developed by IBM. The PL/1 ANSI standard, X3.53-1976, was published in 1976. It is designed for scientific, engineering, business and system programming. > IBM wanted a single programming language for all users. > The language is designed to be all things to all programmers.[vague]