Is HTML a programming language? I could express a bit of shock, even dismay, at the question, but instead, I’ll try a more polished approach.
A staple of compact code, the ternary operator ?: feels like it’s earned a place any programming language. I use it often; you should use
Variants are data types that can store different types of values in them, as opposed to one fixed type. In contrast to a generic object
Working on a defect in Leaf I had a question: should function arguments be reassignable within a function? Are they just like local variables, or
You’ve heard the term, you’ve probably even used them, but what exactly is a closure? It’s a combination of data and code that have become
Yesterday I finished a rather simple Kata from Codewars: the sum of a sequence of numbers. It was straight forward to implement, but I felt
Three key concepts comprise the essence of functional programming: first-class functions, pure functions, and immutable data. Together they express a fundamental architectural paradigm on how
Finally, a big step for Leaf: something that could be called an actual program. Over the weekend I finished a program that loads a file,
As types are a keystone in Leaf, working with them must be fluid and simple. I recently improved this area by adding named constructors and
Language support for caching sucks. Despite an ever present need to cache data and calculations most languages require the programmer to do all the work.