Re:Decimal BASIC:a tool for calculation and investigation
by 7thaccount on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @09:59AM
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Languages are complicated :)
It seems like you can have a little DSL that is pretty simple and good for small tasks, but doesn't always scale well upwards (think Awk). The tools built to be scaled are awful for small and quick stuff.
I think something like Forth is pretty nice for building up a shell language, but the stack methodology for everything is both a blessing (simplicity) and a curse (let's be honest.. pretty weird).
I really like the idea of powershell, but the performance is just abysmal, so a lot of heavy data processing work is a no-go even if it's fun.
It seems like you can have a little DSL that is pretty simple and good for small tasks, but doesn't always scale well upwards (think Awk). The tools built to be scaled are awful for small and quick stuff.
I think something like Forth is pretty nice for building up a shell language, but the stack methodology for everything is both a blessing (simplicity) and a curse (let's be honest.. pretty weird).
I really like the idea of powershell, but the performance is just abysmal, so a lot of heavy data processing work is a no-go even if it's fun.