Is there a "distrowatch" like site for programming languages?

Posted by drytoast on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @12:31PM
from the self-post dept.

I like reading and hearing about new programming languages. I don't learn them all or anything but I do like to hear about what is new and what trends are happening.

Is there a website that collects info on new languages? I'm thinking something like distrowatch but for programming languages.

When I search around I get nothing but "10 new languages to learn in 2024", "29.5 new languages that will get you hired NOW!" and all of them are java, javascript, python, rust, and sometimes go. I know about them already!

It's not about learning every new lang or being cool for knowing about something that came out yesterday, I just like to read about new and interesting new programming languages.

suggestions?

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Re:Is there a "distrowatch" like site for programming langua... by RGamma on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @04:01PM (#41640298)

https://esolangs.org/wiki/Main_Page if you're feeling adventurous.

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Re:Is there a "distrowatch" like site for programming langua... by runjake on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @02:43PM (#41639649)

Not exactly what you're looking for, but I like to monitor changes[1] to https://learnxinyminutes.com/ to find out about new languages.

Eg. here's[2] a recent commit for a language called Fennel.

1. https://github.com/adambard/learnxinyminutes-docs/pulls

2. https://github.com/adambard/learnxinyminutes-docs/pull/5119/...

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Re:Is there a "distrowatch" like site for programming langua... by gabrielsroka on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @02:19PM (#41639444)

Many are posted here on HN, you could use the search.

Also check out https://rosettacode.org they have over 900 languages

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Re:Is there a "distrowatch" like site for programming langua... by meiraleal on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @07:57PM (#41642256)

search is great but HN discussions are great too, and things change over time but older threads can't receive new comments. That's an interesting Ask HN.

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Re:Is there a "distrowatch" like site for programming langua... by ag_rin on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @01:57PM (#41639195)

You could try something like sampleprograms.io Generally looking up new programming languages gets you a whole lot of nothing, so it’s best to just try to jump into looking for samples instead.

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Re:Is there a "distrowatch" like site for programming langua... by MeetingsBrowser on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @01:36PM (#41638977)

Not exactly what you are looking for, but you would probably be interested in https://pldb.io

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Re:Is there a "distrowatch" like site for programming langua... by drytoast on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @02:02PM (#41639249)

maybe not exactly but this is still a good resource! Thanks

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Re:Is there a "distrowatch" like site for programming langua... by drytoast on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @09:43AM (#41647460)

Hey thanks! This is great. gives me a lot to read now!

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