Would a language without functions, classes or methods be possible? Only making binaries stream to each other. Simpler than shell
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@yoshuawuyts Given assembly code lacks any high level features and is Turing complete I would say its definitely possible at the least.
@hal9zillion haha, good point. Maybe the better question is: would it be useful? Is there a place for language that only connects others?
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@hal9zillion kinda digging the nix paradigm where your OS becomes scriptable; thinking of smth like resource allocation + piping -
@yoshuawuyts Totally - those core nix ideas were remarkably insightful. Feels like we are often "rediscovering" the Unix philosophy today. - 1 more reply
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@yoshuawuyts Hmmm. I'm honestly not sure - I suspect it might be hard to sell most people on something simpler than shell scripts though...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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