My favorite features of Myrddin, quoted from its home page[1]:
> It features strong type checking, generics, type inference, closures, and traits. It aims to fit into a similar niche as C, but with fewer bullets in your feet.
> Myrddin does not aim to explore the forefront of type theory or compiler technology. It does not focus on guaranteeing perfect safety. It is satisfied to be a practical, small language.
Maybe one day he'll shorten it to Myr like Nimrod shortened to Nim? Would be easier to remember how to spell it.
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[ 4.2 ms ] story [ 19.8 ms ] thread> It features strong type checking, generics, type inference, closures, and traits. It aims to fit into a similar niche as C, but with fewer bullets in your feet.
> Myrddin does not aim to explore the forefront of type theory or compiler technology. It does not focus on guaranteeing perfect safety. It is satisfied to be a practical, small language.
Maybe one day he'll shorten it to Myr like Nimrod shortened to Nim? Would be easier to remember how to spell it.
[1] https://myrlang.org/
That being said, there is also a current port to 9front, a modernized plan 9 fork(RFNOPUN).
Myr is too much like Mir (Russian space station).
Edit: Wikipedia search says it is Welsh for Merlin & Merlinus is Latin for it.