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Programming language Dino and its implementation
- johnisgood 1y agoI do not know how to interpret the benchmarks. OCaml is really fast, so the numbers do not make sense to me, at a quick glance. Is it worse or better to Python or Ruby according to the benchmark? I would like to see the code, too, because if it is that much slower than Python or Ruby, then there is a serious problem with the implementation.
- extrabajs 1y agoGuessing from the text that they’re running the (interactive) bytecode compiler + interpreter version of OCaml, which is much slower.
- ghurtado 1y agoFeature-wise it looks very complete / modern. It seems to have a pretty high ratio of "I use X because it's the only one that has Y" type features, all in one place. Very appealing to Python users, since it fills a few well known language gaps.
- 90s_dev 1y agoWhat do you mean, George? > It seems to have a pretty high ratio of "I use X because it's the only one that has Y" type features, all in one place.
- ghurtado 1y agoMy name is certainly not George :D but I'll pick two features: - fibers - advanced pattern matching These are two not so common language features that are often the differentiator in a class of languages: "I like Python - but Ruby has fibers" or "I like Ruby - but Python has pattern matching" To see such features all in one language has a lot of appeal (to me, anyway)
- dleslie 1y agoFYI, Janet has fibers and parsing expression grammars. Many scheme implementations also feature some form of pattern matching.
- riffraff 1y agoIs there something missing in ruby's pattern matching? It has subpatterns, alternation, pinning, guards. I've got limited experience with it but it seems on par with what most languages have.
- fuzztester 1y ago>What do you mean, George? Home, James. >https://www.google.com/search?q=home%2C+james https://www.google.com/search?q=home%2C+james
- bravesoul2 1y agoCool. A golike from 1993 with a similar name to a certain modern JS runner.
- 90s_dev 1y agoHow is it like Go? It seems differenter.
- bravesoul2 1y agoC-like with slices
- 90s_dev 1y agoDoesn't C have slices but they're just kind of manual and non ergonomic and memory unsafe?
- johnisgood 1y agoC has anything we please! :) With a disclaimer or warning at times.
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- pjmlp 1y agoThat would be Oberon-2.
- Lerc 1y agoI was not expecting to feel as sad as I did after seeing the name Animatek after all these years. If things are hard, seek help, please.
- zem 1y agolooks like a very pleasant and capable language! honestly not what I was expecting given the origin story as a game scripting language.
- johnisgood 1y agoBy the way, for your other project[1], you might find this one interesting: https://internet-janitor.itch.io/decker https://internet-janitor.itch.io/decker. I just found it. I could not comment there, so I did it here. Let me know if it helps. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44042371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44042371