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The Joy of Programming in Jai - Part 1: Hello World

Nuno Afonso · 35.9K views · 2020-01-10 · 13:48

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Overview

The first part of a series on programming in Jai, Jonathan Blow's in-development language. It covers compiling, writing hello world and using code from other files.

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Jai had no public release, so commenters point to this beta user's videos as a way to see what the language is actually like.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2020–2021

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viktorcode · 2021-01 · Recommendation

Jai changed quite a bit since then. For more current info check out beta user's impressions (and the language primer) here: [VIDEO] (first video in the series)

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robaay · 2020-07 · Recommendation

You can watch[1] one of the lead programmers from CD Projekt Red joyfully give an overview of where Jai is at now. 1. [VIDEO]

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rehemiau · 2020-01 · Recommendation

Jonathan Blow's language is the most interesting from these three for me because it will have nice metaprogramming features. The document you linked to seems slightly outdated. One of the beta testers has published some more up to date videos with his language introduction and initial experience: [VIDEO]

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