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Looks interesting! I feel that an improved C is what's mostly lacking in the programming language landscape nowadays. So now Google's got its own OS (two actua

by mdemare 17y ago

Looks interesting! I feel that an improved C is what's mostly lacking in the programming language landscape nowadays. So now Google's got its own OS (two actually), browser, and now its own programming language. Anything missing yet? Their own editor / IDE?

andreyf 17y ago
Their own editor/IDE? I wouldn't imagine this as something that they'd release.
- ecuzzillo 17y ago
  Oh, you never know. They release a lot of the not-business-specific infrastructure they improve, which an editor undoubtedly is. I'd argue their secret sauce, and the parts they wouldn't want to release, are - the insane scaling stuff - all the intelligent things they do with the insane amount of data they have, and the insane rate at which they can process it
viraptor 17y ago
It's like several people got the same idea... http://ooc-lang.org/ http://ooc-lang.org/ is also an improved C really.
SwellJoe 17y ago
Bram Moolenaar (vim) is a Googler.
- mbrubeck 17y ago
  ...and has his own experimental C language replacement: http://www.zimbu.org/ http://www.zimbu.org/
blasdel 17y ago
They actually maintain at least four browser codebases: Chrome, Android's Webkit, Picasa (uses Gecko), and their server-side renderer. They have at least three product OSes: ChromeOS, Android, and The Google Search Appliances. This is at least their second new programming language project: there's also Rob Pike's Sawzall. They have numerous in-house implementations of existing programming languages: V8, Closure, GWT, Dalvik, Unladen Swallow, plus all the extant ones they maintain forks of.
Slashed 17y ago
May I ask you? What do you mean by improved C language? Safe pointers? I think this is the biggest advantage of C.. Of course, it can(and occasionally it will) become a trouble at some point, but you won't get that much flexibility and portability in any other language. Not trying to say that this is a bad idea to create a new language or anything, but I just don't see how this language will make my life better.. P.S. No offense, but it's amazing how some people are such Google fans.

by mdemare 17y ago

andreyf 17y ago

Their own editor/IDE? I wouldn't imagine this as something that they'd release.

ecuzzillo 17y ago
Oh, you never know. They release a lot of the not-business-specific infrastructure they improve, which an editor undoubtedly is. I'd argue their secret sauce, and the parts they wouldn't want to release, are - the insane scaling stuff - all the intelligent things they do with the insane amount of data they have, and the insane rate at which they can process it

viraptor 17y ago

It's like several people got the same idea... http://ooc-lang.org/ http://ooc-lang.org/ is also an improved C really.

SwellJoe 17y ago

Bram Moolenaar (vim) is a Googler.

mbrubeck 17y ago
...and has his own experimental C language replacement: http://www.zimbu.org/ http://www.zimbu.org/

blasdel 17y ago

They actually maintain at least four browser codebases: Chrome, Android's Webkit, Picasa (uses Gecko), and their server-side renderer. They have at least three product OSes: ChromeOS, Android, and The Google Search Appliances. This is at least their second new programming language project: there's also Rob Pike's Sawzall. They have numerous in-house implementations of existing programming languages: V8, Closure, GWT, Dalvik, Unladen Swallow, plus all the extant ones they maintain forks of.

Slashed 17y ago

May I ask you? What do you mean by improved C language? Safe pointers? I think this is the biggest advantage of C.. Of course, it can(and occasionally it will) become a trouble at some point, but you won't get that much flexibility and portability in any other language. Not trying to say that this is a bad idea to create a new language or anything, but I just don't see how this language will make my life better.. P.S. No offense, but it's amazing how some people are such Google fans.