Keep going, and I hope more people start rolling their own languages.
If anyone is interested, I'm fairly close to finalizing Slang and I'm considering open-sourcing it in the near future. What originally started as a simple register based lang for an embeddable VM turned into an insanely expressive meta?programming language. Full system Fω, expansive whole program reflection (you can reflect on absolutely anything), string memory & logic safety..
You can do stuff like this:
(fn answer () -> i64 0)
(defpass build-answer
(phase source)
(transform (lambda (f)
(fn-with f 'body '(let ((a (arr (42)))) (at a 0)))))
(safety (lambda (goal) (syntax (refl)))))
(run-pass build-answer answer)
(fnmut answer
(transform (lambda (f)
(if (memory-safe? (check-memory (current-program)))
f (syntax-error 'unproved-memory)))))
(defpass inspect-ssa
(phase ssa)
(transform (lambda (f)
(if (memory-safe? (check-memory (ssa-current-program)))
f (syntax-error 'unproved-ssa-memory))))
(proof (lambda (goal) (syntax (refl)))))
(run-pass inspect-ssa answer)
(answer)
or this: (fn next ((i i64)) -> i64 (+ i 1))
(fncontract next
(ensures result (successor (Eq i64 result (+ (old i) 1)) auto)))
(fn read-second ((i i64)) -> i64
(let ((a (arr (0 42)))) (at a i)))
(fncontract read-second (requires (one (Eq i64 i 1))))
(let ((i (next 0)))
(with-proof ((one (Eq i64 i 1) (result-proof i successor)))
(print (read-second i))))
it also supports full inline asm or llvm ir: (var answer 0)
(asm (input rdi 20)
(input rsi 22)
(output rax answer)
(mov rdi rax)
(add rsi rax))
(print answer)
(macroop \ (a) (asm (mov a rax)))
(\ 42)
(print (llvm add 20 22))
(print (->i64 (llvm fused-multiply-add (f64) 6.0 7.0 0.0)))
(llvm fn sum32 ((x i32) (y i32)) -> i32
(block entry
(value answer (llvm add x y (declare (flags nsw))))
(llvm return answer)))
(print (->i64 (sum32 (the i32 20) (the i32 22))))
Even though you can write this by hand, the core idea is to get a very dense and terse language that LLMs can emit while guaranteeing safety and performance.> Even though you can write this by hand, the core idea is to get a very dense and terse language that LLMs can emit while guaranteeing safety and performance.
So now your safety and performance issues are in the LLM and whatever prose you feed it for it to generate slang. Have you gained anything?
(Not meant to detract from the language. It's just that this particular goal seems... strange).
Try Common Lisp and Coalton. Also, Common Lisp and that one math proof solver.
You should submit your own ShowHN to talk about it rather than hijack some other language’s announcement thread.