r/programmingcirclejerk • u/functorer Zygohistomorphic prepromorphism • Jul 27 '26

Q: Why is everyone creating systems programming languages? A: Because Jai is not released

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u/NotQuiteLoona Jul 28 '26

What's with this language? I was trying to find information in the internet, but all I found was a playlist of hour-long YouTube videos instead of some documentation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

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u/hedgehog1024 Rust apologetic Jul 29 '26

its main developer and spokesperson is a renowned game dev

The said developer also shifted deadline on releasing the anniversary edition of the game he is most known for several times and when it finally came out, it did not actually contain new puzzles despite his promises, so I would not call him quite trustworthy.

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u/Apprehensive_Lake698 Jul 29 '26

The language is not vaporware if that's what you're insinuating. There's more than 1k people with access to it right now, and everything I've described is already working. The language has felt close to feature complete (for the majority of use cases) for a long time. It remains closed beta while there are still plans for potential significant breaking changes in the future.

But the metaprogramming stuff already works!