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Water, a Newish Web Language Out of MIT

Posted by chrisd on from the from-beneath-you-lisp-devours dept.

jimdesu writes "True to its religion, MIT has reinvented LISP again, this time as a web-programming language called Water.At first blush, it looks rather interesting. It supports hashes, vectors and objects (prototype based) in a manner that makes it look as much like XML as one could possibly conceive. I'm certainly going to play with it. Anyway, the url is at http://www.waterlang.org."

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  1. An answer in search of a question? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I don't think there's been any need for new programming languages since Microsoft introduced C# and the .NET framework. What more do you need? It offers the rapid web programming of Visual Basic, along with the power of C++, and its backed by Microsoft's industry-leading development tools. Is this new language supported by Microsoft Visual Studio .NET? Does it have bindings for the .NET framework, and support Microsoft's Common Language Runtime? Since the answer is no, I don't see how any reputable business could even consider using this. Its just doomed, before it even is off the ground, to be another useless academic curiosity.