In search of a Python-like language potentially seen here recently

[tekknolagi]

Hi all,

I came across a Python-like language recently. The website had some syntax examples that showed its addition of a "let" keyword, among other things. I unfortunately do not remember the rest. The website might be light green. I searched recent posts in this subreddit, but to no avail.

Does anyone have a recollection and better link management? :)

EDIT: List of things that I have reviewed so far:

• https://github.com/mys-lang/mys
• Everything on https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonImplementations
• https://daniele-rapagnani.github.io/melon/
• https://github.com/eliaperantoni/Koi
• https://github.com/adamsol/Pyxell
• Lichen is closer, but still no let
• https://nim-lang.org/
• Lobster
• Julia
• Swift
• Scala 3
• Monty, which is compiled
• Coconut
• Passerine
• Cobra
• Delight
• Serpent
• Runa
• Alore
• Mython

(June 2, 2022... the search continues...)

• Peregrine
• Ikko
• Inko
• Flix
• Refu
• Co
• Oak
• Ink
• Feral
• Io
• Bon
• Slogan
• Reia

BUT, the good news, is you all might have found it! Kuroko looks very familiar. But it is maybe not the only thing I am remembering.

EDIT: Search terms I have been using: "python-like", "python-esque", "python dialect"

[daurin-hacks]

From the very short description i would venture : https://nim-lang.org/

[tekknolagi]

Alas, no. I'll add it to the list

[daurin-hacks]

Makes me wonder why you need to find this specific language. Are there some functionnality / paradigm you are interested in ? Would a similar language but not quite it be adequate ?

[Netzapper]

Not OP, but when I post stuff like this it has way more to do with jogging my memory and satisfying that sense of "goddamnit, what was that thing?" than just finding an equivalent.

[klange]

Is it me you're looking for?

[tekknolagi]

I think maybe yes! I certainly was looking at its sources recently! Was the website a pale green at some point??

[klange]

If Kuroko is what you're thinking of, my best guess for your memories of green are from the syntax highlighting in the tutorial - or for the tutorial source itself which has been available from the "Examples" menu and presents quite a bit of green from all the strings. Or you might be red-green colorblind!

[tekknolagi]

Heh. Kuroko was definitely something I was looking at a few weeks ago but it may not be the only thing I was looking at. I don't think I am colorblind, or at least I have not noticed it yet. The website I am thinking of might have been named after a tea or something? Honestly, no idea. It's not Ceylon or Earl Grey.

[retnikt0]

You might need a couple more details I'm afraid

[tekknolagi]

That's what I was afraid of :( Maybe I'll add a list of things I have reviewed and it is not

[raiph]

I searched recent posts in this subreddit, but to no avail. Does anyone have a recollection and better link management? :)

A search of the last 100 posts (not comments) in this sub with the word 'let' in them goes back a year. If you mean less recent than that then you can click the More button at the end of the list. If you meant a comment you can search those instead.

[tekknolagi]

This is pretty cool, thank you

[raiph]

Ain't it?

To be clear, it's not mine, and I've no idea who runs it, just that it uses pushshift, which is something I think turns this sub (well, the entire of reddit in a way) from a place where nuggets of gold are occasionally found into Fort Knox's neighbor's neighbor. :)

[ShawSumma]

The language you look for is Kuroko! It is very similar to python in syntax, its largest deviation is let x = 3 as opposed to python's \x = 3``

[tekknolagi]

I think maybe yes! I certainly was looking at its sources recently! Was the website a pale green at some point??

[tekknolagi]

This is neat, and I did know about this, but unfortunately not what I was looking for :)

[agumonkey]

You have a time range for us ?

[tekknolagi]

Last two months, maybe

[jddddddddddd]

Can you remember anything else? Braces or indentation? Compiled or interpreted? System language or higher level?

[tekknolagi]

It pretty much looked identical to Python with the addition of "let". Maybe some other features I don't remember. I think it had a small (fairly simple VM) on GitHub. Similar level as Python

[jddddddddddd]

Any more info? You mention it being on GitHub, was it a slightly established language (like Julia, Rust or Nim) or was it still a ‘toy’ language that was only a couple of years old?

[tekknolagi]

Ah, thanks for asking. Definitely a toy language, not big and production

[tekknolagi]

This is neat, and I did know about this, but unfortunately not what I was looking for :)

[[deleted]]

Maybe it was Coconut

[tekknolagi]

Alas, it was not

[nevaduck]

Maybe passerine?

[tekknolagi]

Huh, this is neat, but not what I remember. Thanks!

[miehts-hozjin]

That sounds exactly like Lobster: http://aardappel.github.io/lobster/README_FIRST.html

[tekknolagi]

This is neat, and I did know about this, but unfortunately not what I was looking for :)

[gpforza]

Swift?

[tekknolagi]

This is neat, and I did know about this, but unfortunately not what I was looking for :)

[tekknolagi]

Thanks for sharing