Felix: A compiled (to C++) scripting language

Re:Felix: A compiled (to C++) scripting language by hellofunk on Sunday July 10, 2016 @02:37PM (#12066624)

You're right, I thought this was a new language. The repo history goes back at least as far as 2001. I'm struggling to see the point to this language; what does it offer over C++ directly?

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Re:Felix: A compiled (to C++) scripting language by spraak on Sunday July 10, 2016 @05:27PM (#12067339)

Or even Go

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Re:Felix: A compiled (to C++) scripting language by spriggan3 on Sunday July 10, 2016 @06:46PM (#12067632)

> Or even Go

lol. Felix has Sum types, meta types, pattern matching, algebric types, unions , sets, records, channels ... Go has what? a rigid type system and channels ...

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Re:Felix: A compiled (to C++) scripting language by spraak on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @05:04AM (#12077676)

I don't mean better in terms of features but rather the get shit done this language has a community and active development kind of thing.

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Re:Felix: A compiled (to C++) scripting language by spraak on Sunday July 10, 2016 @07:25PM (#12067778)

Why am I unable to downvote? yet others seem to have the ability to downvote my comments

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Re:Felix: A compiled (to C++) scripting language by ramchip on Sunday July 10, 2016 @07:57PM (#12067885)

There's a minimum karma required to be able to downvote.

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Re:Felix: A compiled (to C++) scripting language by spraak on Monday July 11, 2016 @01:40AM (#12069104)

Thanks for explaining

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Re:Felix: A compiled (to C++) scripting language by jeremyjh on Sunday July 10, 2016 @09:11PM (#12068221)

You cannot down vote someone's reply to your comments.

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Re:Felix: A compiled (to C++) scripting language by spraak on Monday July 11, 2016 @01:39AM (#12069102)

Thanks for explaining, though I meant down voting in general

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