[cloudmike]

My emotional journey with Val having just learned about it today:

Oh neat, a new systems language, probably nothing but let's take a peek. Docs look legit. Hmm some thoughtful ideas in here around ownership. Syntax makes sense. But is it different enough to justify its own existence? Who makes it?

Oooh, Dave Abrahams is working on it. We crossed paths at Apple and I remember his Crusty talk about Swift [1]. It was great, loved the strong opinions, but Apple sadly removed it years later because it had some outdated advice. Wait, he's at Adobe now? So is this an Adobe language?

Conclusion: keep an eye on it, will watch the linked talks, wait and see.

[1] edit: I found the Crusty talk! "I don't do Object Oriented!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3zo4ptMBiQ

[gpderetta]

Before his time at Apple, David Abrahams was very prominent Boost contributor, a member of the C++ committee and a strong proponent of Stepanov-style generic programming.

He ending up in the Val project is not surprising!

[sanderjd]

Ha, I really loved this style of describing the journey. More people should write like this :)