I built a programming language that LLMs can't use(blog.picheta.me)
244 points by dom96 | 179 comments
Blog post by Dominik Picheta introducing KillSwitch, a programming language he designed so that large language models cannot use it.
#language-design on Hacker News
18 stories tagged language-design, newest first.
What agents mean for Rust (and vice versa)(smallcultfollowing.com)
42 points by mfrw | 35 comments
A post on Niko Matsakis's baby steps blog reflecting on what LLM coding agents mean for the Rust language and how Rust can benefit agentic development.
Needed 1+1, built a functional programming language(hereticpleb.vercel.app)
137 points by birdculture | 57 comments
A blog post on hereticpleb recounting how needing to compute 1+1 led the author to build a functional programming language.
What makes Lisp difficult to read?(paultm.nl)
20 points by ibobev | 24 comments
Blog post exploring why Lisp's parenthesis-heavy syntax is perceived as hard to read and what that implies for designing syntax in new languages.
We Should Be Able to Change Our Languages(jimmyhmiller.com)
48 points by surprisetalk | 24 comments
Jimmy Miller essay arguing programmers should be able to customize and change their programming languages rather than treat them as fixed artifacts.
Zig – Type Resolution Redesign and Language Changes(ziglang.org)
376 points by Retro_Dev | 210 comments
Zig devlog entry by Matthew Lugg describing a merged 30,000-line PR redesigning the Zig compiler's type resolution, with related language changes.
Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig(sinclairtarget.com)
380 points by yurivish | 449 comments
A blog post by Sinclair Target comparing Go, Rust, and Zig after experimenting with each, discussing the design trade-offs and what each language is good for.
Go is still not good(blog.habets.se)
459 points by ustad | 583 comments
A personal blog post criticizing design flaws in the Go programming language, such as forced error variable scope, following the author's earlier critiques.
(On | No) Syntactic Support for Error Handling(go.dev)
329 points by henrikhorluck | 436 comments
Go Blog post by Robert Griesemer discussing proposals for syntactic support for error handling in Go and the team's decision on whether to pursue them.
PEP 750 – Template Strings(peps.python.org)
365 points by grep_it | 243 comments
PEP 750, an accepted Python Enhancement Proposal for Python 3.14 that introduces template string literals (t-strings) with Template and Interpolation types.
The two factions of C++(herecomesthemoon.net)
512 points by cyclopeanutopia | 581 comments
An essay arguing that the C++ community has split into two factions with diverging needs, ending hopes for a single dialect-free C++.
Programming languages that blew my mind (2023)(yoric.github.io)
329 points by todsacerdoti | 182 comments
A blog post by David Teller recounting the programming languages that changed how he thinks about programming over his career.
Dada, an experimental new programming language(dada-lang.org)
369 points by marionauta | 327 comments
Homepage of Dada, an experimental programming language project exploring ownership-based design inspired by Rust.
Fixing for loops in Go 1.22(go.dev)
536 points by todsacerdoti | 380 comments
Go Blog post by David Chase and Russ Cox explaining the per-iteration for loop variable scoping change previewed in Go 1.21 and shipping in Go 1.22.
Maybe Rust isn’t a good tool for massively concurrent, userspace software(bitbashing.io)
622 points by mrkline | 520 comments
Blog post titled "Async Rust Is A Bad Language" critiquing Rust's async model for massively concurrent userspace software, starting from why async exists.
Backward Compatibility, Go 1.21, and Go 2(go.dev)
364 points by philosopher1234 | 264 comments
A Go Blog post by Russ Cox explaining the compatibility features added in Go 1.21 and why there will be no breaking Go 2.
The Rust I wanted had no future(graydon2.dreamwidth.org)
797 points by dochtman | 426 comments
A Dreamwidth blog post by Graydon Hoare reflecting on his original vision for Rust; the capture shows only a captcha check page.
Show HN: ScrapScript – A tiny functional language for sharable software(scrapscript.org)
472 points by surprisetalk | 121 comments
Landing page for Scrapscript, a small functional programming language for sharable software, showing example code and a 'coming 2024' notice.