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## Programming Is Simple Again -_OK?_ is a modern, dynamically typed programming language with a vision for the future. +
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I'm OK, are you OK?
+ + + +_OK?_ is a modern, dynamically-typed programming language with a vision for the future. _OK?_'s mission is to do away with the needless complexity of today's programming languages and let you focus on what matters: writing code that makes a difference. ### Contents @@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ let divide = fn(a, b) { }; }; -result = divide(5, 0) +let result = divide(5, 0) switch result[1] { case "": puts(result[0]) default: puts(result[1]) // prints "cannot divide by zero" @@ -201,6 +207,24 @@ let equals = fn(a, b) { } ``` +If that seems a bit too complicated, or difficult to remember, here are some "refresher" hotstrings in Autohotkey: + +```ahk +;; ok? ok?sh ok oksh ;; + +;; unchanged +;; a >= b a >= b + +::refresher::a >= b, a <= b, a > b, a < b, a == b, a != b + +;; fixer upper ;; +:*:a <= b::b >= a +:*:a > b::!(b >= a) +:*:a < b::!(a >= b) +:*:a == b::let x = a >= b; let y = b >= a; x && y +:*:a != b::let x = !(a >= b); let y = !(b >= a); x || y +``` + ### Dead-simple Operator Precedence in _OK?_, `5 + 2 * 3` evaluates to 21, not 11, because addition and multiplication have equal operator precedence. If you want to evaluate your expression in some other order, you simply need to use parentheses: `5 + (2 * 3)`. @@ -239,14 +263,14 @@ For extenuating circumstances, you can define a _privacy acknowledgement_ with t ```go notaclass person { - pack "I am a stupid piece of shit who should not be doing this" + pack "I am a idiot, who should not be doing this" field name field email } let p = new person() -// I acknowledge that I am a stupid piece of shit who should not be doing this +// I acknowledge that I am a idiot, and that I should not be doing this p.name = "Jesse" // <-- No error ``` @@ -382,12 +406,13 @@ With the union of concurrency and iteration, the sky is the limit. let every = fn(arr, check) { let passed = true; map(arr, fn(e) { - switch check(e) { case true: passed = false; } } + switch check(e) { case false: passed = false; } } ) return passed; }; -result = every([5,2,4,1,3], fn(e) { return e >= 2 }); // false +result1 = every([5,2,4,1,3], fn(e) { return e >= 2 }); // false +result2 = every([5,2,4,1,3], fn(e) { return e >= 1 }); // true ``` With this speed, your program's going to finish before you've even started writing it. @@ -400,7 +425,7 @@ Dave says: Joel says: -> I used to find _OK?_'s opinionated syntax constraints coercive. Now I find them liberating. Thinking hard about how to fit a complex variable name into eight characters forces me to write code that future me can easily maintain +> I used to find _OK?_'s opinionated syntax constraints coercive. Now I find them liberating. Thinking hard about how to fit a complex variable name into eight characters forces me to write code that future me can easily maintain. Sarah says: @@ -417,9 +442,18 @@ To play around with the language in your browser, you can go to the [playground] To use the language locally, follow the following steps: 1. `git clone` the repo. -2. within the `ok` directory run `go install`. +2. Within the `ok` directory run `go install` 3. Run `ok` without any arguments to bring up the REPL, or you can run an _OK?_ file with `ok test.ok`. + +Note: +Maybe this is the incorrect way to do it, but I also had to add an alias: +```bash +alias ok="go run ~/projects/OK/ok/main.go" +``` +after step 2, to get step 3 to work. -SG + + Happy OK'ing! ### Credits diff --git a/assets/20220904_154920.jpg b/assets/20220904_154920.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f354f0b Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/20220904_154920.jpg differ diff --git a/assets/ascii-art.txt b/assets/ascii-art.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5edff09 --- /dev/null +++ b/assets/ascii-art.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ + + @@@@ + @@ @ @@@@@ + @@@@ @ @ @ & + @/////@ @@@ @&@@ @ % + @//////@ %/// @@, * + @/////////&@@@@&///////& % + @(//////////////////#////@@@@#@ + /@//////((((////////@ + @///////////////@ + ///# &////. + %///@ @////# + /////////////// + @//////////////@ + @///////////////// + @@/ /@@///////////////////@ + @////////////////////////////@ + ///////////////////////////. + ///////////####//////@@. + ///////// + @//////// + ///////// + @//////// + @////////@ + + %/////////(% + /////////////@ + @/////////////@ + @////////////@ + @&&@@ diff --git a/assets/ascii-quentyn.jpg b/assets/ascii-quentyn.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..92a2347 Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/ascii-quentyn.jpg differ