Gleam Programming Language

[davidktw]

https://gleam.run/

Running on Erlang VM.

 

[peterchan75]

I click on the link and it says gleam is friendly.
This makes me laugh and almost floors me.

After so many year fooling with coding, I never come across any language that is friendly.

 

[davidktw]

I click on the link and it says gleam is friendly.
This makes me laugh and almost floors me.

After so many year fooling with coding, I never come across any language that is friendly.

Is that your only take away?

 

[peterchan75]

Is that your only take away?

I respect your sense of sarcasm.
The proliferation of programming language bring any good to humankind?

 

[davidktw]

I respect your sense of sarcasm.
The proliferation of programming language bring any good to humankind?

It is not sarcasm, it is a genuine question to your post.

No, proliferation doesn’t seems good, but which one would you have settle for? Assembly? Fortran? C? Python? Java? Javascript? Why settle for C when you could have settle for Fortran? Why Java when it could be C? Why Javascript when you could have settle for Python? In today, most programming languages that most would have settle for, can almost find something before it which you wouldn’t know there is another better one until you have witness it arriving. The only thing that matters is what matters for you, and how do you make that determination without something for you to choose?

Have you worked with Erlang, Elixir? I do find the syntax of Gleam pretty straightforward, not unless you prefer tons of brackets like in Lisp or perhaps Haskell’s matching technique. Not one is better, just which you prefer. I have heard about Erlang for a long time, and now there is a straightforward looking syntax programming language offered by the latest Gleam for you to play with the VM. Just like a JVM, but built differently for a totally different industry.

That is exactly why I asked if “friendly” is your only takeaway.

 

[peterchan75]

It is not sarcasm, it is a genuine question to your post.

No, proliferation doesn’t seems good, but which one would you have settle for? Assembly? Fortran? C? Python? Java? Javascript? Why settle for C when you could have settle for Fortran? Why Java when it could be C? Why Javascript when you could have settle for Python? In today, most programming languages that most would have settle for, can almost find something before it which you wouldn’t know there is another better one until you have witness it arriving. The only thing that matters is what matters for you, and how do you make that determination without something for you to choose?

You mention "witness". That thingy cost US$20K a pop. I had to scrape through a course on Simscript during uni time. That thing is event driven.

 

[davidktw]

You mention "witness". That thingy cost US$20K a pop. I had to scrape through a course on Simscript during uni time. That thing is event driven.

Don’t know what is going on in your mind.

I witnessed a lot of things arriving into my life without me spending a cent. All they took is my attention.

 

[peterchan75]

Don’t know what is going on in your mind.

I witnessed a lot of things arriving into my life without me spending a cent. All they took is my attention.

https://www.lanner.com/en-gb/technology/witness-simulation-software.html
It's like a game engine.

 

[davidktw]

https://www.lanner.com/en-gb/technology/witness-simulation-software.html
It's like a game engine.

Looks good. For me is solidworks in school and on my own 3dsmax and the older 3D studio.

 

[xcodes]

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