The general vision seems like an interesting idea. But a lot of the constructs seem odd to me. For example the lack of scope. The with construct semantics seem funny. I’m not sure what define is for, it’s basically a pretty version of C’s #define, which is not a great idea. Maybe they have someone now but it feels like they would benefit from someone with a language background giving semantics to their ideas.
“The first language for Microservices”
That may come as a surprise to Carl Hewitt.
Yeah, the opening line shows a pretty big lack of awareness. To add to the mix, there is also Mozart/Oz, Erlang, and E?
Emerald) is another candidate.
The general vision seems like an interesting idea. But a lot of the constructs seem odd to me. For example the lack of scope. The
withconstruct semantics seem funny. I’m not sure whatdefineis for, it’s basically a pretty version of C’s#define, which is not a great idea. Maybe they have someone now but it feels like they would benefit from someone with a language background giving semantics to their ideas.Has lobste.rs gotten big enough for the “lobste.rs effect” to exist, or is this on HN/proggit/slashdot too? Looks like the site is down.
EDIT: nvm, looks like it’s back up. for me, at least.