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Re:The search for easier safe systems programming by prmph on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @08:50AM (#40297538)
Exactly.

I used C# for a long time, and when I started using JS, I marveled at the directness of its expressiveness, its lack of ceremony.

What's actually needed is a language as direct as JS, with the bad parts stripped out, types and a proper standard lib added, and compiled to byte-code for performance.

They can call it a different name if they want.

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Re:The search for easier safe systems programming by dartos on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @09:30AM (#40297908)
Yeah that “directness” you’re talking about is what I call “expressiveness”

It’s important for how I like to code.

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Re:The search for easier safe systems programming by benji-york on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @02:10PM (#40301222)
You might like AssemblyScript (https://www.assemblyscript.org/)
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