Hi! I’ve created this page to showcase the features of Mint (since there are so many) and their corresponding versions in other similar languages.

  • Caveman@lemmy.world
    161·
    2 days ago

    TS as a statically typed language is not what I would call it. It’s a language with enforced type annotations but can be circumvented pretty easily. For example when receiving a JSON from an http request a string field can be just whatever.

    • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
      71·
      2 days ago

      That’s nitpicking. It is statically typed. Is Dart not statically typed because it has dynamic.

      You could call it “gradually typed” if you want to be pedantic.

      can be circumvented pretty easily

      That means it isn’t sound.

      • Caveman@lemmy.world
        5·
        2 days ago

        Gradually typed is a great description because it’s neither fully static or dynamic. TS does allow you to circumvent the types too easily to be called statically typed.

        const strings: string[] = ([1] as any[])

        Is ok in TS land so the type of strings is not really static so to speak because you can assign whatever to it. Writing this in Dart would give

        error - The argument type 'List<dynamic>' can't be assigned to the parameter type 'List<string>'. - argument_type_not_assignable

        if I’m not mistaken.

        • hikaru755@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 day ago

          I get your point, but that’s not a great example. Kotlin is a statically typed language, and this compiles (and runs!) just fine:

          val test: List<String> = listOf(1) as List<String>
println(test) // prints "[1]"

          Even val test: String = 1 as String will compile, but at least gives you an exception at runtime, which the equivalent typescript wouldn’t.

            • hikaru755@lemmy.world
              2·
              1 day ago

              Unfortunately not. You do get a warning that it’s an unchecked cast at least.

              Granted, the issue here is generic type erasure, which was a tradeoff that was decided on for backwards compatibility when generics were first introduced to Java, so it’s not like an actually desirable feature of the language. But the point is that this wouldn’t be reason for anyone to not call Java and Kotlin not statically typed, their type system is just a bit weaker than others in certain aspects

  • Kissaki@programming.devEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    Why is single line comments listed when it’s green for all of them? Do they not have multi-line comments?

    • 0xDREADBEEF@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      20 hours ago

      I love that little language. I learned ReasonML for fun and built a few toy apps a long time ago, but ReScript has been cool to watch

  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
    29·
    3 days ago

    Suggestion: please update the colors so colorblind people like me have an easier time reading this chart

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
      3·
      2 days ago

      Question: Can you suggest resources or tips for picking colors that are friendly for color-blind people? Is it easier to differentiate based upon saturation?

      • hikaru755@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 day ago

        There are tools that can change the colors of your screen to simulate different kinds of color blindness, that makes it pretty easy to test for the basics. I’ve been using this one in the past: https://colororacle.org/

        But in general, it’s also just a good guideline to never rely only on color to communicate important information, and always also have a graphical or textual cue to go with the color.

      • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
        4·
        2 days ago

        I try to differentiable based on lightness/brightness

        I don’t have any go to tool :( bit of over color is father than the other is easier to see

  • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
    3·
    2 days ago

    Interesting, but the colours for exceptions are inverted. One of the features that Elm touts on its front page is that it doesn’t have exceptions.

    Structural equality is also debatable.

    • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      As far as I can tell, the table is purely informational and not advocating for any features as being positive or negative.

      Otherwise, yeah the colors make no sense.

        • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          My point is that the colors make so little sense that the only thing that makes sense is to decouple the colors from any meaning.

          This table is so lacking and flawed that I don’t even know why there’s so much discussion around it.

    • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
      4·
      2 days ago

      Languages well suited for client side web code. Most of these (maybe all?) compile to JavaScript and are designed for the web.

      • Kissaki@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        Web is just one kind of frontend though. And there’s more ways to target web with JavaScript interfacing than transpiling to JavaScript.

        • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
          3·
          1 day ago

          Sure, but without further context, “frontend” means the web. And “frontend language” means languages that were designed for the frontend. You can write a website fromtend in Python, but you absolutely shouldn’t!

          You can use languages like Java and Rust too which are more reasonable options, but they aren’t “frontend languages”.