Tom

YouTube video by Context Free Closure capture in JS, Kotlin, Java, Python, Go, Temper, Rust, C++, & Odin

New video! Closure capture in JS, Kotlin, Java, Python, Go, Temper, Rust, C++, & Odin youtu.be/FfkDXmcslAM

It was very helpful! Thanks!

That demo of the learning site was great, by the way.

I guess AI bots technically already had access anyway. Maybe it didn't feel like as much of a sellout because of that? Anyway, I guess we'll see how it goes.

C# code that reads: public interface IThing { internal int _Number => 1; // hidden default impl. public int Number { get; } // *public* accessor } public interface IThingA : IThing { int IThing._Number => 4; // override } public class BThing : IThingA { // public accessor emitted from source generator: public int Number => ( (IThing)this )._Number; } public class CThing : IThingA { public int Number => 8; // override }

okay - approximately how unhinged is this workaround for not being able to call default interface member implementations without a cast in C#?

See the linked blog post at the start of the thread for more on "Why a new language?"

But in Java:

jshell> Map.ofEntries(
...> Map.entry(0, "0"),
...> Map.entry(0.0, "0.0"),
...> Map.entry(-0.0, "-0.0"),
...> Map.entry(false, "false")
...> )
$2 ==> {-0.0=-0.0, 0.0=0.0, 0=0, false=false}

Temper has to think about things like this. temperlang.dev

For example, in Python:

>>> {
... 0: "0",
... 0.0: "0.0",
... -0.0: "-0.0",
... False: "False",
... }
...
{0: 'False'}

YouTube video by Context Free Programming Languages in 2025!

2025 in programming languages! youtu.be/CzFiPcuMnWM

After going open source last week, I've already started doing some of my hobby coding in Temper.

This has been my day job for the past few years. Super excited to share it!

Thanks! I'd still be curious to find one that applies. I'm unsure I'd call Nim tiny, but I could review its size. And I was looking for refcounting specifically, which I wouldn't typically expect from WasmGC. And I understand that WasmGC is pluggable. I'm also hating tracing GC a bit less recently.

I've seen Unison, but I haven't tried it out. I probably should sometime. Thanks for helping me to keep it in mind!

YouTube video by Context Free Easy tile maps inspired by PICO-8!

New video on my tile map editor and file formats. youtu.be/q2-a7Gztw2g

Nice release! I feel like all the fast start and small binary things should have been there from the beginning. If they can work it all out, Julia might become pretty awesome.

YouTube video by Context Free Prototype like PICO-8 but then scale up - Starting a new project again!

New video, new project. I'm so distractable. youtu.be/x3tOCLvSQT8

Started a new side project in Go. First time I've tried using the language seriously. Some things I like and some things I don't. And vaguely related, thinking that wide low res map grid screens should be 240x128.

Profundo.

Suddenly remembering the days before multilevel undo/redo was mostly everywhere.

Thanks for the review!

I still haven't tried out typst. Is it good then?

80 years today since nuclear weapons have been targeted at people. Hoping to see 90 and 100 years and many more in the future.

Are there are any memory safe, reference counting languages that have a tiny implementation and compile directly to wasm? I'd like to think I know a good answer to this, but I'm unsure.

Escape Loop by Tom Play in your browser

Very small PICO-8 game I made for the GMTK Jam. tjpalmer.itch.io/escape-loop

I'm the bear

Yeah, this video was awesome. Where hacker geek meets nature.

YouTube video by Context Free Faster GDScript in Godot? Compiling and running as WebAssembly

New video! Compiling GDScript to and running on WebAssembly youtu.be/hmyxqrzgL28

It was brutal by the end for me, but yeah, I'm still glad I went on the walk.

Happily the high today in Tucson is only about 29C. Last Saturday, I walked by choice for about 15 miles at about 37C. (That can be dangerous, but I know how to be careful, at least.) I'm crazy enough to enjoy the heat somewhat, but it's nice to have cooler days also.

It's interesting how Recreational Programming scratches the same itch as Gaming. You are basically playing Factorio on your CPU.