Re:Mu: making programs easier to understand in the large
by akkartik on Saturday February 13, 2016 @02:52PM
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Yeah, the reactions here have been invaluable. It's interesting: I actually got into teaching because I had trouble getting programmers to try Mu out. Most people tend to unconsciously filter out what seems gratuitously new and different. But I'll keep trying.
Re:Mu: making programs easier to understand in the large
by akkartik on Monday February 15, 2016 @05:09PM
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I just added the warning.. and found several bugs in my mu code. Thanks! I've credited you in this commit: https://github.com/akkartik/mu/commit/8fd27372b6
I like that you have users and thus will be able to test things out and get some genuine feedback.
This might however introduce a bias guiding your language and standard library in a certain direction (I think it's inevitable and what's happening in all languages anyway) .. Therefore I would add some of your peers into the mix.
Otherwise I really like the directions you are exploring, as I've come to very similar conclusions at this point in my career: - being able to modify a system through safe additions - not focusing too much on local details of a system