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Re:Stabel: A pure, concatenative and statically typed progra... by dgb23 on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @11:27AM (#27529601)
This is a paradigm I never really explored. I know of Forth, and Joy[0].

For me as a working programmer: What would you say is the main benefit of Stable, how does it relate to the above mentioned languages?

Are there specific use-cases for the language that you think are exceptional?

What is the general mindset that a Stable user has, what is important to you and what isn't?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_(programming_language)

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Re:Stabel: A pure, concatenative and statically typed progra... by Skinney on Thursday June 17, 2021 @04:30AM (#27537357)
Stabel is staticly typed with strict control of side effects (they're present in the type system). Since Stabel compiles to wasm, it can and will eventually be run in the browser (the playground at the Stabel website works by compiling code to wasm locally and executing it).

I'm kinda hoping that Stabel will fill the same niche as Elm, but also be able to run outside the browser so you can use the same benefits for other things than just making SPAs.

If you are a little aquinted with Elm, you can read this article about how Elm inspired Stabel: https://fossils.stabel-lang.org/compiler/wiki?name=How+Elm+i...

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