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pottertheotter
In case others are wondering, this is about Lucid, the "dataflow programming language designed" [1], not the unicorn startup [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_(programming_language) [2] https://www.golucid.co/

msla
And here I thought it was about the company behind XEmacs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEmacs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_Inc%2e

waiseristy
And here I was thinking about the automotive startup!

https://lucidmotors.com/

thayne
It is quite an overused name.
082349872349872
TIL it literally means "shiny", so if one wished to name a company or project after the new shiny, it would be something like Novum Lucidum?

(Incidentally, the "new idea manure spreader" is a thing.)

sn41
from lux, Latin for light. Similarly, lucent, pellucid, lucifer (light bearer).
pjmlp
That was my first thought as well.
zeveb
Same here, particularly with the latest release of GNU Emacs.
jweir
Zélus is a modern language inspired in part by Lucid. I have been intrigued by this language, but have yet to get the time to try it out.

https://zelus.di.ens.fr/

herodotus
Zelus is partly inspired by a language called Lucid Synchrone which is not the language discussed in the original article.
bade
Lucid Synchrome was inspired by this Lucid
klik99
Lucid represents to me a huge untapped area of growth for new programming languages. It's been a huge inspiration on the DSP language I've been working on: https://intonal.io/ (currently working on more examples and documentation)

I encourage anyone interested to read Bill Wadge's book on Lucid: http://worrydream.com/refs/Wadge%20-%20Lucid,%20the%20Datafl...

and check out one of the implementations of the language https://code.google.com/archive/p/plucid/ or https://github.com/billwadge/pyLucid

It's an eye opening experience