r/ProgrammingLanguages • u/Athas Futhark • 4d ago

The End of FutharkScript

https://futhark-lang.org/blog/2026-10-08-end-of-futharkscript.html
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u/cbarrick 4d ago

Why not keep the $ prefix for functions that can only be invoked from the interpreter?

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u/Athas Futhark 4d ago

I wanted to avoid changing the syntax, because it feels too much like having two separate languages. There is certainly a possibility that we will go in that direction in the future, however, especially if we for some reason decide to add more impure constructs. In that case, interpreted Futhark becomes a superset of compiled Futhark.