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What are the best statically typed programming languages with Python like indentation (no {})?
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Best statically typed programming languages with Python like indentation (no {})
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Lobster
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Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS
Apache v2
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Nim
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Lobster
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Compile time reference counting
Unlike Rust doesn't make the programmer jump through hoops, mainly automatic. Does an analysis similar to the Rust borrow checker to infer lifetimes, but makes life easier on the programmer.
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Small community
Lead doesn't appear to be so ambitious or has a vision to push making more popular.
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Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS
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Apache v2
Developer:
Wouter van Oortmerssen
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v2023
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Python-esque syntax
There's an audience who loves that.
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Compile time reference counting not 100%
Around 5% of time, need to escape to runtime reference counting. Working to get the percentage as low as possible.
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WebAssembly backend
More options for users.
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Lobster not yet totally written in Lobster
Core written in C++. Plans to change that, but has been a long time.
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Inline structs
Structs are allocated in their parent, and come at zero overhead.
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Python-like syntax, but different use case and domain
Not Python compatible and often significantly different in purpose and use cases.
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Automatic memory management
Better than Rust. No sadism.
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Type inference algorithm
Just works. Goes further than most languages in terms of allowing code without types.
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Great portability and optimization
Nim gains portability and optimization because it compiles to C, which offers a lot of choices from modern C compilers.
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Windows, Linux, Mac
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Cross-platform
Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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Python-like syntax
Readable, clean and familiar to Python developers.
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