The Zimbu programming language, by vim author Bram Moolenaar
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment order* It has to be as fast as possible, so interpreted languages are out. * You don't want to micro manage memory, so C is out. * You don't want to require programmers to have a degree, so C++ is out. * You want fast startup and not depend on a big runtime, so Java is out. * It has to run on most systems, anything with a C compiler, so D is out. * You want to have fun…
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to engineer. I think this is a good example of that. There are so many symbols, special cases, if ands and buts. When do things get $? When do things get ;? When do things get capitalized? Making words capitalized shouldn't be needed. If your language is being used and the syntax of the language encompases more of then the meaning you are attemping to convey then you've poorly designed the language. I think…
This is a language created Bram Moolenaar, who also created Vim/vimscript.
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 94
- Total comments
- 106
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-21 | The Zimbu programming language, by vim author Bram MoolenaarFirst breakout · Best thread | mbrubeck | 47 | 51 |
| 2016-12-26 | The Zimbu programming languageLatest 20+ point return | mpweiher | 45 | 54 |
| 2018-08-22 | The Zimbu programming language | cristoperb | 2 | 1 |