Zinc - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2023, 01:37:51 am
content: This month's nugget:https://github.com/zinc-lang/zincAnd, the compiler is written in Rust!

author: DimitriP
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2023, 02:08:54 am
content: Oh crap!https://tibleiz.net/zinc/Quote

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2023, 06:01:09 am
content: Quote from: DimitriP on June 06, 2023, 02:08:54 amFeatured in today's episode of "What could possibly go wrong?"(that could be a great name for a blog)

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2023, 06:05:50 am
content: Yes, this is not the same Zinc though.So, looks like we found 2 Zincs for the same price.To be fair, the first one is a bit less funky.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2023, 06:26:22 am
content: Is it re-inventing the wheel or perhaps just trying to build better spokes?

author: Siwastaja
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2023, 06:33:37 am
content: Quote from: DimitriP on June 06, 2023, 02:08:54 amImagine the possibilities when combined with Sherlock Holmes' multilingual keyword feature!

author: AndyBeez
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2023, 08:25:19 am
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on June 06, 2023, 06:26:22 amBy making the spokes optional...wut?Is this an April fool joke? I am trying to think of a language where spaces in variable/object/clsss definitions are possible. I think you can use emojis in some kiddyScript, but not whitespace.I'm sure over the next ten minutes, Zn will be the next big thing - with former C and Fe2O3developers demanding megabuck salaries, whilst working from the home of their university dorm rooms.It claims it's easier to write, read and understand. So find any new language that does not make this claim? From Lua to Swift, React to Rust, when you need a language to do difficult stuff then, it gets complex quickly. Under the hood Zn can be a wrapper around C++wut?

author: DimitriP
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2023, 08:33:22 am
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on June 06, 2023, 06:05:50 amThere is at least one more .... "Zinc modeling language".https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10601-008-9041-4I'm kinda glad I looked up the wrong zinc, because I'm allergic to spaces in directory names/ folders , filenames and as it turns out variable names too

author: DimitriP
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2023, 08:46:04 am
content: Quote from: AndyBeez on June 06, 2023, 08:25:19 amHey, the "easier" it is to learn , the more people you can pay less to learn/use it and be "productive". Great for new projects or rerwiting old projects that will now be cheaper to "maintain" - until the next "easy-to-learn" language comes out !

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2023, 12:40:29 pm
content: Quote from: Siwastaja on June 06, 2023, 06:33:37 amlol

author: newbrain
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2023, 07:18:18 am
content: Quote from: AndyBeez on June 06, 2023, 08:25:19 amKids these days...Have you ever used FORTRAN?(I think whitespace in identifiers is no longer possible in Fortran 90 free form code).

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2023, 07:26:55 am
content: Quote from: newbrain on June 07, 2023, 07:18:18 amSometimes I wonder if these spawn langs are simply the work of student thesis. Or begin life that way.

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2023, 09:15:45 am
content: Quote from: newbrain on June 07, 2023, 07:18:18 amyup, removed.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2023, 07:29:02 pm
content: Quote from: DimitriP on June 06, 2023, 08:46:04 amYou're right about that. One good reason those apparently "easy" languages get hyped is because they are promising to reduce development costs, which many business owners will buy without a second thought.Oddly/funnily enough, then comes Rust, which gets almost equally hyped, but is one of the most elitist programming languages I've ever seen.That may not be so odd after all. Dumbing down the masses gives birth to more inequalities and the raise of a more influent elite, with less and less room for anything in between.The same can be more generally witnessed with education. Many western countries have been dumbing down their curriculums, witht the idea that would improve equality of chances. In the end, all it does is lower the value of degrees, increase competition and increase elitism.Just a thought.

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2023, 07:36:52 pm
content: repurposing my-c foreducation?

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2023, 07:39:09 pm
content: kidding, but in 2001 Dalsemi tried to repurpose Java-v1 for education with microcontrollers.Yes, they did, and for five years, it worked!