patricksli

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1. 31.▲
   by patricksli 10y ago

   Li Bai was no slouch in the lushi form either. And I'm just a big fan myself.
2. 32.▲
   by patricksli 10y ago

   Thank you for taking a look. We also believe in a "batteries-included" approach and are, in order of priority, writing interfaces from Stanza to: 1) The QT gui library. 2) The GLFW OpenGL and input events library. 3) Some networki
3. 33.▲
   by patricksli 10y ago

   Thanks very much!
4. 34.▲
   by patricksli 10y ago

   We're working very very hard on that right now. It'll be out in a few weeks.
5. 35.▲
   by patricksli 10y ago

   It's in the works. We recognize that it is an important part of a modern language.
6. 36.▲
   by patricksli 10y ago

   TypeScript, Dart, and Stanza all started attacking optional typing at around the same time. Our approaches differ though. Stanza believes fundamentally in nominal typing as opposed to structural typing, and also views types as contracts on
7. 37.▲
   by patricksli 10y ago

   Thanks!
8. 38.▲
   by patricksli 10y ago

   I (and Adam Izraelevitz) designed FIRRTL together, but for questions about Chisel, the authors frequenting the Chisel GitHub page would have far better answers than us. Please check it out! They did awesome work!
9. 39.▲
   by patricksli 10y ago

   Self-hosting was a pretty hard choice to make early on, but it turned out to be one of the best decisions we ever made. It forced many semantic issues to the surface, gave us a gigantic test-suite for free, and, most importantly, forced us
10. 40.▲
    by patricksli 10y ago

    The only whitespace rule that users really need to know is that "f(x)" is a syntactically different thing than "f (x)". Similar to how "fg" is a syntactically different thing than "f g" in other langu
11. 41.▲
    by patricksli 10y ago

    Thanks for trying it out. We'll make a note to point out the restrictions on tab characters earlier.
12. 42.▲
    by patricksli 10y ago

    From our experience using Python, structure through indentation when coupled with the ability to mix tabs and spaces creates many troubles. Getting rid of tabs was a small price to pay to eliminate these issues.
13. 43.▲
    by patricksli 10y ago

    Thanks for the kind words. The philosophy statement is not just fluff, it was the driving force behind all of Stanza's design. We hope you check it out!
14. 44.▲
    by patricksli 10y ago

    Hmm. I can't seem to get the url formatter working.
15. 45.▲
    by patricksli 10y ago

    Ooops.
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    Stanza: A New Optionally-Typed General Purpose Language from UC Berkeley

    117 points by patricksli 10y ago|77 comments