THthunderbong·Feb 19, 2024Submission
The Namingless Programming Language
108 points · Open discussionakalenuk
the_namingless_programming_language
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the_namingless_programming_language
Naming is hard. How far can we go without?
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| Feb 13, 18:00 | 2024-02-13 18:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-14 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 2024-02-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-14 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 2024-02-14 06:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-14 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Feb 19, 00:00 | 2024-02-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-19 06:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesShow HN: The Namingless Programming Language
A programming language that avoids naming at all costs.
Data structures don't have names since there is only one data structure and there is no point naming it other than 'the data structure'. There is only one operation, so also unnamed. Even the language itself doesn't have a name. "The namingless programming language" is a definition.
But the most cool feature is that when you write a script, you don't have to give the file a name either. The file name itself becomes the code. The file body is the executable interpreter.
Is it beautiful? No. Is it practical? Hell no. Is it fun? More than you'd think it would be.
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