Comment by eckza

6 years ago

What kinds of problems are you trying to solve that would make solving the (rather large) meta-problem of creating a /whole new programming language/, easier / more effective / more clear / more profitable - especially when compared with "just solving the problem with more established tooling"?

I don't ask this critically. I am genuinely curious. I wonder about this a lot; there are so many languages that solve the same problems in slightly-different ways, that I'm always curious as to the motivations behind creating another new language.

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mathgladiator  6 years ago

So, I have a particular domain where I hope to combine actors and data in a novel enough way. I'm not targeting 'general computation', and I'm defining a hopefully new market. It is very abstract at the moment, but I do intend to quit my job to pursue in 5 to 8 months.

  • eckza  6 years ago

    That sounds promising! Wish you the best of luck, and I hope to read about your project when it’s live.

iudqnolq  6 years ago

The problem of them not being as good at creating a new programming language as they want to be.

So many amazing projects started as someone scratching an itch, often completely unrelated to the eventual product. And even if a project doesn't take off, if the goal was to get better at programming (and not marketing, project management, etc) it may be still be a success. Both forms of projecting have value. It all depends on personalities and where people are in their careers.