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Re:Urbit Takeoff Is Here by judofyr on Friday April 22, 2022 @12:24PM (#31123739)
> It's design makes no sense unless you understand this; the bespoke languages it's written in are designed to be too simple to have any unexpected behaviors (as opposed to being designed for ease of use or performance)

I don’t buy this. Why does “no unexpected behavior” require the amount of obfuscation which they have in Urbit? I’ve been trying to pick it up a few times and I’m constantly struggling to understand how it behaves.

Re:Urbit Takeoff Is Here by ineptech on Friday April 22, 2022 @12:28PM (#31123814)
> I don’t buy this.

I'm not selling it, just explaining it. More info here: https://urbit.org/blog/toward-a-frozen-operating-system

Re:Urbit Takeoff Is Here by hocwyn on Friday April 22, 2022 @04:51PM (#31127930)
What exactly do you see as obfuscated?