It's funny how languages can offer multiple forms of syntax, but formatters standardise to a single form.
E.g. single vs double quotes in JS, optional semicolons in JS, different ways of grouping imports in Rust.
Should new languages be more syntactically opinionated?
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Implementation chicken:
When there's an obvious feature gap in an ecosystem and everyone is waiting for someone else to write it.
I see this most frequently with OSS toolchains. Basic functionality in new programming languages is another common scenario.
I'm surprised there aren't more interpreted languages with a first party type checker.
Python has several good type checkers, Ruby has Sorbet, and there are others.
Having zero compilation time *and* a full IDE seems like such a compelling design, at least on paper.
Some novel (to me) AI workflows from OpenAI in
https://openai.com/index/open-source-codex-orchestration-symphony/
(1) Adding the ability for the LLM to create follow-up tasks in the issue tracker.
(2) Identifying weaknesses in the spec by implementing in several different languages.