Skip – A programming language to skip the things you have already computed
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HN comment orderJust introduce a syntax to define immutable variables (e.g. like "val" in Scala) and to mark particular functions as pure (easy to implement manually as a decorator in Python, I've been using it a lot) and memoization becomes a seemingly easy task. Why a new language? By the way it seems very sad to me that the majority of imperative and hybrid (functional×imperative) languages lack syntax for immutable variables: in just so many cases I introduce a variable to store…
Looks interesting but here's what I don't understand. So many programming languages do not show example code on the homepage. That's like if Mazda didn't show cars on their homepage. Sure, you won't really know what it's like to drive it without getting your hands dirty but at least let me see the trim.
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-26 | Skip – A programming language to skip the things you have already computedFirst breakout · Best thread | pbowyer | 283 | 100 |
| 2020-09-29 | Skip: A programming language to skip the things you have already computed | nikolay | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-02-18 | Skip: A programming language to skip the things you have already computedLatest 20+ point return | bpierre | 195 | 115 |