ArkScript
arkscript-lang.dev
Ackermann Array mapping Closures (let ackermann (fun (m n) { (if (> m 0) (if (= 0 n) (ackermann (- m 1) 1) (ackermann (- m 1) (ackermann m (- n 1)))) (+ 1 n)) })) (assert (= 509 (ackermann 3 6)) "(ackermann 3 6) == 509") # imports can be prefixed or qualified (import std.List :map) # define an array using [...] or (list ...) (let array [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]) # functions are first class citizens! (let mapped (map array (fun (i) (* i i)))) (assert (= mapped [1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100]) "mapped is a list of squares") (let countdown-from (fun (x) # return a closure that captures "x" (fun (&x) { (set x (- x 1)) x }))) (let countdown-from-3 (countdown-from 3)) (print "Countdown " (countdown-from-3)) # 2 # each subsequent call to the closure mutate its state (print "Countdown " (countdown-from-3)) # 1

I’ve been working on this (not so little anymore) project for some time now, and I’m finally happy with the branding, UX and docs state.

It’s a scripting language I made at first as a toy, to learn new parsing methods, explore compiler optimizations, and go back to VM land where everything is low level and amazing (at least for me) ; it’s now a fully fledged language that can be used as a scripting language like Python or Ruby, and can also be very easily embedded inside a project, as one would do with Lua.

Let me know your thoughts and opinions on the project!

  • bitcrafter@programming.dev
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    12 days ago

    A different way of stating my remark is that it might be nice to have a page that lists other lisp variants and has a bullet point or two for saying how ArkScript does things differently in a way that someone might find nicer.

    I’m no frontend dev, so I battle a lot with it so it displays how I want ; I tried with flex to center vertically the « getting started » section, will have to try again.

    Yeah, I remember having to fight similar battles when I created a web page for a similar project! Don’t worry about it if it proves too much of a pain.

    • SuperFola@programming.devOPEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Thanks for the idea, I’ll try to add a comparison page soon!

      The vertical alignement is now fixed, I got lucky with bootstrap ; it looks way nicer, thanks!