Which is the standard. I wonder if something else is interfering with it.
cladamski79 3 days ago [-]
hica is a functional, expression-based programming language, everything is an expression and immutable by default. Its goal is to make programming very approachable for beginners (and veterans alike). You learn by doing small programs, then dive deeper on a thing you really want to build.
This is a guide on functional programming which covers immutability, higher-order functions, pipelines, and more, all with runnable examples.
Thanks for sharing. Very interesting, especially since it’s based on Koka, which I’ve been experimenting with and still trying to wrap my head around. It also reminds me a lot of Shen (https://shenlanguage.org/). I’ll definitely try this out.
How do you pronounce the name?
cladamski79 4 hours ago [-]
I created a backronym of a longwinded name and I pronounce it as hi-ca, or perhaps hee-ca :)
Does this aims to be the python of functional programming languages?
cladamski79 3 hours ago [-]
That's roughly the positioning, yes. Approachable syntax, low ceremony, runs scripts directly. The difference is that the safety guarantees (no null, tracked effects, exhaustive matching) come for free rather than being opt-in via type checkers.
(Apologies if it’s just my device)
I’ll take a closer look on my desktop later today, I love seeing new programming languages. Sounds interesting!
This is a guide on functional programming which covers immutability, higher-order functions, pipelines, and more, all with runnable examples.
If that is to theoretical there is https://www.hica.dev/docs/hica-for-beginners/ that walks through functions, pattern matching, and lists by building real programs.
Happy to answer questions about the design decisions, the implementation or how to get started.
There is also the HML spec and a library at https://github.com/cladam/hml
How do you pronounce the name?
Shen is very interesting, I actually created a lisp in hica as a learning exercise, check it out at https://github.com/cladam/hica-lisp
I did a comparison to python which shows the differences, and where they are similar: https://www.hica.dev/docs/hica-vs-python/