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Comment by johnisgood

2 months ago

I like Odin, but the creator is not too motivational (or rather, actively un-motivational)[1]. I still use it nonetheless for some of my own stuff, for now.

Regardless, I do recommend people to try it out. I use Linux and OpenBSD, too, despite Linus and Theo. :)

[1] The reason for why I think this can be found in their pull requests, but it's been some time I think.

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amjoshuamichael  2 months ago

What do you mean by "motivational?" Are you talking about how the creator is against adding new features to the language? I actually think that's perfectly fine. One of my favorite things about Odin is the simplicity; the entire language and all of its rules can be understood by reading the Odin overview document. I'm actually thrilled to have a creator that doesn't want to bloat the language.

  • johnisgood  2 months ago

    No, suppose you make a contribution to a project and its creator belittles you instead of providing constructive criticism, for example. This contribution is not a new feature to the language, however, perhaps a 3rd-party library.

    It has nothing to do with adding new features. I agree with you, I do not want the language to be bloated, nor do I want new features blindly added. I prefer simplicity, too.

    FWIW you can see him losing his "cool" on Discord, too, at times.

xxami  2 months ago

I remember being turned off from it for the same reasons, in particular there were some fairly harsh comments directed to V's developer which felt a bit dog piley to me. Drama's long dead now.. It is a great language though. Closest to the language that would kill C for me so far, but not quite =D