Re:A Look at Crystal, the Programming Language for Humans
by varjag on Friday May 05, 2023 @05:14AM
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I meant the syntax of novelty languages we have on HN regularly.
And Ruby is Python-mimicry open your eyes.
Re:A Look at Crystal, the Programming Language for Humans
by segfaltnh on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:23AM
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Didn't ruby and python both get created in the same year...?
Re:A Look at Crystal, the Programming Language for Humans
by cristoperb on Friday May 05, 2023 @10:11AM
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Python was released earlier than Ruby (1991 vs 1993/1995), and Matz was familiar with it. But Ruby is clearly an attempt at an object-oriented Perl rather than a Python mimic:
> I knew Python then. But I didn't like it, because I didn't think it was a true object-oriented language---OO features appeared to be add-on to the language. As a language manic and OO fan for 15 years, I really wanted a genuine object-oriented, easy-to-use scripting language. I looked for, but couldn't find one.
Re:A Look at Crystal, the Programming Language for Humans
by chaxor on Friday May 05, 2023 @03:22PM
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"OO features appeared to be add-on"
No one tell them about the horrors of R. That's a 'yikes' of a language that no one should ever use.
Also add Forth, Prolog, Brainfuck, Haskell/ML and Ruby. There's more to programming than you think.