2021-02-17 00:03:17 +00:00
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#+SETUPFILE: ../../config.org
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#+TAGS: Serene Languages
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#+CATEGORY: Engineering
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#+DATE: 2019-12-01
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#+TITLE: Rational and a name
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2021-02-17 11:32:25 +00:00
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#+DESC: The rational behind Serene
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2021-02-17 00:03:17 +00:00
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*This post is a draft and I'll finish it gradually*
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As I mentioned in [[./my-new-programming-language.org][My new programming language]], I'm creating a new programming language.
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I'll try to pick up good points of different programming languages and avoid the cons
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of them. One of the most important aspects of any project is to have a rational for it.
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It's what I learned from [[http://clojure.org][Clojure]]'s culture. Rationals are a big deal in any clojure
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developers world. As fan I'd like to start my new programming language by writing down
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the rational of what I'm trying to achieve.
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* Rational (Take 1) and goals :Languages:Serene:
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So far, the main reason to create a new language for me is to *learn more and
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educate myself*. But it doesn't mean that I'm aiming for a toy language. I want
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to create a general purpose language that solves some problems. Here is a list of
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reasons that made me consider the idea of creating a new language (in no specific order):
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** Lisp is superior
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I think the world needs more and more dialects of Lisp. It's the second oldest
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programming language in the world and as far as I know the oldest one that is
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still active. **Lisp** is elegant and amazing, but unfortunately not so many
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programmers know about it. Even most of the those people who heard the name
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are distracted by the "parenthesis". But they're missing the fact that there
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is a good reason for all those parenthesis. Lisp is the simplest language I
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know, its programs are written in its own datatypes. How simple is that???
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You might hear that [[https://twobithistory.org/2018/10/14/lisp.html][God has created the universe in Lisp]].
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Lisp is amazing and I consider a programmer who has understood *the Lisp way*, the
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[[https://twitter.com/lxsameer/status/1172220581992980480][luckiest]].
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I'd my new language to be Lisp, because just being a Lisp brings a huge deal to the
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table.
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** Simplicity
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** FP is the future
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** Development process
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** Better core development
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** Built-in Concurrency and parallelism
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* A Name
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If you're a programmer, I'm pretty sure that you already experienced the terror
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of trying to find a name for your project. Frankly, It's even hard to find a good
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name for your variable.
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After about 10 days of searching finally my wife came up with a good name. *Serene*.
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Calm and peaceful. I like it. It's simple and beautiful with a great meaning.
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I can't wait to start working on it. :P
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