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It looks awful, almost as bad as Nimrod.

evincarofautumn 13y ago
Almost. But who cares? It’s a fun hobby project and you aren’t obligated to give it a second thought. And really, most language designs made in earnest are terrible. The important thing is that people get interested in this kind of language, so that we can move on from languages like C++ whose complexity is approaching unjustifiable for new projects.
skrebbel 13y ago
As someone who really likes Nimrod, I'd actually be interested to know why you would say that. But for now, I'll just assume you're a troll.
- mlvljr 13y ago
  No, I am the troll in this thread! Let's listen to him...
- midas007 13y ago
  So how do you justify your name calling then? You're wrong. Liking isn't a rational argument for anything. Nimrod is an awful language and worse runtime. Copying the unnecessarily verbose Pascal and Ada is going backwards in time. N has bazillions of overlapping features that are going to be very troublesome to verify the correctness of. Worse still, creating a language with so many non-orthogonal patterns makes understandability of a codebase harder.
exDM69 13y ago
Wtf is wrong with you? Someone shares a project that they have done for fun and enjoyment and you publicly call it "awful" without any explanation. Would you do that to someone in person when they show you something they've done? The least you could have done is explain what you don't like about it and how you would have made it differently to make it better. This kind of behavior is something that pisses the hell out of me, and to be frank it also keeps me from sharing some of my for-fun projects. I don't want to spend a lot of time documenting them and writing a blog post to hear some dumbass call it "awful" without explanation.
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- midas007 13y ago
  Too bad. This is why people from Founder's Institute fail, they're all nice, which is the problem because it's dishonest and a waste of time. This is why listening to friends and family for feedback is pointless. Accurate and honest feedback is gold. So trying to convince everyone else to act like friends and family isn't useful either.
st2p 13y ago
Please elaborate on why Nimrod "looks awful" to you?
jksmith 13y ago
Opposite day?

Almost. But who cares? It’s a fun hobby project and you aren’t obligated to give it a second thought. And really, most language designs made in earnest are terrible. The important thing is that people get interested in this kind of language, so that we can move on from languages like C++ whose complexity is approaching unjustifiable for new projects.

skrebbel 13y ago

As someone who really likes Nimrod, I'd actually be interested to know why you would say that. But for now, I'll just assume you're a troll.

mlvljr 13y ago
No, I am the troll in this thread! Let's listen to him...
midas007 13y ago
So how do you justify your name calling then? You're wrong. Liking isn't a rational argument for anything. Nimrod is an awful language and worse runtime. Copying the unnecessarily verbose Pascal and Ada is going backwards in time. N has bazillions of overlapping features that are going to be very troublesome to verify the correctness of. Worse still, creating a language with so many non-orthogonal patterns makes understandability of a codebase harder.

exDM69 13y ago

Wtf is wrong with you? Someone shares a project that they have done for fun and enjoyment and you publicly call it "awful" without any explanation. Would you do that to someone in person when they show you something they've done? The least you could have done is explain what you don't like about it and how you would have made it differently to make it better. This kind of behavior is something that pisses the hell out of me, and to be frank it also keeps me from sharing some of my for-fun projects. I don't want to spend a lot of time documenting them and writing a blog post to hear some dumbass call it "awful" without explanation.

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midas007 13y ago
Too bad. This is why people from Founder's Institute fail, they're all nice, which is the problem because it's dishonest and a waste of time. This is why listening to friends and family for feedback is pointless. Accurate and honest feedback is gold. So trying to convince everyone else to act like friends and family isn't useful either.

st2p 13y ago

Please elaborate on why Nimrod "looks awful" to you?

jksmith 13y ago

Opposite day?