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by maleldil 1047 days ago
I know you listed Lua already, but it's important to stress that. Bram _did not_ want Lua as the main scripting language, and created Vim9 Script as a "better VimScript" instead. That's a stark difference in the direction for the project, and it signals to me that Vim is not meant to reintegrate with Neovim. It's no longer a question of Vim catching up with Neovim.

However, this was Bram's vision. We don't know how the new leadership will affect that.
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gorjusborg 1047 days ago
> Vim9 Script as a "better VimScript" instead. That's a stark difference in the direction for the project

Great point. I wasn't following vim much, so didn't know the context around the language changes.

That does seem like a core philosophical difference. I'm interested to see what the future holds.

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ossusermivami 1047 days ago
it's not quite just a "better vimscript" language it's an incompatible language, if it was just improvement on top of the existing vimscript it would have been fine i think but what people are complaining about is if you are going to break compatibility why not choose an existing language like lua
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maleldil 1047 days ago
Yes, you're right. That's what I meant, but I should've highlighted the incompatibility aspect.
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