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In a somewhat similar vein, I made a concatenative array language inspired by kdb+/q: https://cryptm.org/xs/ Unlike other concatenative languages, the order of operation is right to left, and it supports infix operators. This gives the language a very conventional array language feel, while also giving you the power and flexibility of the stack. As far as I'm aware, there's really nothing like it. Would love if someone gave it a try! Here's an example, the factorial function: xs> fac:(prod 1+til)…

smabie·175-point thread·

> All primitives are denoted by single symbols Take an axe to the troubleshoot-ability of your language with this one weird trick that makes it impossible to google.

Implemented in K! And not very much code either. Certainly shorter than some other language definitions I've read: http://www.nsl.com/k/f/f.k

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2

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2015-12-22F – a pure functional concatenative language (2006)networked297
2020-08-21F (2006)First breakout · Best threadtosh17556
2024-06-19F (2006)Latest 20+ point returnhwayne14516