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> the language that inspired conception of both of these I haven’t heard this before. Do you have a source on this?

• Yokohiii 9mo ago
  The language is in closed beta, there isn't exhaustive details available. You can see interviews and some details on YT if you look up Jon(athan) Blow with suitable topics.
  • _bohm 9mo ago
    I meant that I had not heard that both Zig and Odin were inspired by Jai
    • Yokohiii 9mo ago
      Oh at least ginger bill does, I remember bill talking about odin's context feature which was loosely inspired by jai.
• gethly 9mo ago
  I do not, but John's old videos on the idea of making a language and addressing the modern problems of archaic languages has been cited many times. Here is a list with his videos where he goes from conception to something tangible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9VCN6UkyQ&list=PLmV5I2fxaiCKfxMBrNsU1kgKJXD3PkyxO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9VCN6UkyQ&list=PLmV5I2fxai... The first video is from September 17, 2014. Zig's first commit was Aug 5, 2015. Odin has first commit in Jul 7, 2016.
  • ModernMech 9mo ago
    tbf there was a general systems language renaissance circa 2015, following Mozilla sponsoring Rust in 2009 and its impending 1.0 in 2015. Jai, Zig, and Odin were all contemporaries in that wave.