"Real languages start with all types on the left, and then drift to the right in old age. Like people."
Fun, tongue-in-cheek review of Rust.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/27/in_rust_we_trust_stob/
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An interesting feature of the Grok TiddlyWiki interface: it has the sidebar on the right.
I see a sidebar on the left way more often, but arguably it makes more sense on the right for a wiki? The content is effectively more prominent.
https://groktiddlywiki.com/read/
I'm having fun writing a simple type checker, but I'm learning firsthand why syntax-directed checking doesn't work. It prevents inference.
My checker catches real bugs, but it can't handle cases like this:
[1, 2].map(fun(x) { x + 1; })
I think I need bidirectional checking.
Coming from JS or Python, imports in Rust feel weird. They're entirely optional aliases for fully qualified symbols, which are always available.
I don't know of many other languages where you can just start using libraries. Java is the only one I can think of.