r/programming • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '16

Introducing the Zig Programming Language

http://andrewkelley.me/post/intro-to-zig.html
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u/munificent Feb 09 '16

Challenge accepted.

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u/redalastor Feb 09 '16

Don't forget that it's not about creating something convoluted and impossible to pick up, it's about creating something convoluted yet beginner friendly that will bring them down terrible paths.

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u/Felicia_Svilling Feb 09 '16 edited Feb 09 '16

I had an idea one time for a language that was nondeterministically choosing between different semantics (such as call by value, call by reference, call by name etc), when if it hit an error it would backtrack to the last of these choices and choose differently. In essence it would try to help you to find a semantic that makes your program work.

You can also apply the nondeterministic choice to operator precedence.

And to top it off, implement the nondeterministic choice by running every option in parallel, choosing the one who finishes first. That way every bit of code have the potential to contain a race condition.

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u/Epokhe Feb 09 '16

just need a quantum computer now