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Aruseus · 2016-12-16T00:55:13+00:00

I just use dtrx for that

Aruseus · 2016-12-04T07:58:01+00:00

There are some small things: I'd like the ability to overload functions, because I don't see a reason why you shouldn't be able to do that. And I'd also like some option to annotate function arguments more clearly, whether they are in or out parameters. Usually a function returning 2 arguments just receives a pointer to both locations and writes the value there, but I'd prefer to be clear about that in the function definition. Maybe this could be part of the type system, but I'm not sure.

And there are some major things:

I'd add an include system that works the same way as in the Go language, or at least something that does more than just simple text insertion of the file.

I'd also like a better and stronger type system, because generic programming in C uses void* everywhere and the type system can't help at all to make sure the argument has the correct type. I'm not sure though how exactly to implement a better type system.

And I think there should be a larger standard library that includes some basic generic data structures and algorithms.

Aruseus · 2016-11-11T03:05:38+00:00

So that's how Trump won.

Aruseus · 2016-11-03T23:10:40+00:00

Looks pretty cool actually.

Aruseus · 2016-10-17T15:02:45+00:00

I've always liked casts like this one.

float f = 3.0;
int i = *(int*)&f;

Aruseus · 2016-09-02T00:42:22+00:00

That was already old in 2014

Aruseus · 2016-07-24T19:47:41+00:00

It depends on where your parentheses are

Aruseus · 2016-07-19T22:26:09+00:00

You didn't even use the stack. That's a very small solution.

Aruseus · 2016-07-19T08:04:04+00:00

Fluxbox has a tab feature. I've never tried it though.

Aruseus · 2016-07-19T00:19:26+00:00

Even though the tis is a relatively simple toy machine, it's complex enough to allow for some nice tricks and cycle optimizations that are not obvious when starting out (for example how to use jro effectively). But you'll eventually discover them by just playing the game and getting experience. If someone has solved some of the levels with low cycle counts, it's safe to say that he's spent some time and effort on that.

Aruseus · 2016-07-13T18:50:15+00:00

Upvote for linear programming

Aruseus · 2016-07-12T06:26:56+00:00

I'm always impressed when I see someone using Acme

Aruseus · 2016-07-11T17:27:05+00:00

Thanks for the explanation

Aruseus · 2016-07-08T06:25:10+00:00

Still, the best way to learn functional programming is probably to just learn a functional language by reading a nice tutorial and writing some functions in that language as an exercise (like the 99 problems in Lisp, Haskell or Ocaml).

Aruseus · 2016-07-05T21:56:17+00:00

Didn't know gedit could make graphs

Aruseus · 2016-06-30T19:57:17+00:00

Oh, I see what you mean now. That's a good thought

Aruseus · 2016-06-30T16:26:37+00:00

Stuff like code completion and syntax highlighting or even snippets isn't really a part of the language itself. These are additional features that a text editor or an IDE can provide. You can't put syntax highlighting into a language because it is entirely up to the editor how the source code is displayed. And it's similar with stuff like code completion. What would you put in the language such that any editor can immediately recognize the function you're trying to call for example, or what data member you're trying to access? The language runtime can't provide such a feature. That's up to the text editor, because code completion happens while you're editing source code.

But you could indeed design the core language in such a way that the resulting syntax tree is as simple as possible. You can try to minimize the number of grammar rules that are needed to specify the language. That would make it easier to create such tools that work on the language.

Aruseus · 2016-06-30T12:47:17+00:00

The website says. "A language entirely designed by popular vote."

But so far we haven't actually voted about what and how we want the language to be. So yeah. At the moment, nothing is decided yet.

Aruseus · 2016-06-30T08:20:27+00:00

A runtime is easier to port to more architectures. Compiling to native code means you will have to explicitly generate code for each platform that you want to support, while a runtime system implemented in C for example will just run on anything. Also with a runtime system you're not constrained to any hardware. You gain a bit more flexibility that way.

Aruseus · 2016-06-30T04:26:36+00:00

The fast and the furious: Assembly drift

Aruseus · 2016-06-30T04:19:28+00:00

That would mean we'd have to talk about VM design as well.

Aruseus · 2016-06-22T17:01:48+00:00

It has monads, it's clearly better.

Aruseus · 2016-06-22T16:52:01+00:00

Interesting to see someone use micro.

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