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by maximilianroos 997 days ago
This is really cool — great work.

J & APL are elegant but not easy to get started with, and difficult to install. This looks like a newer, nicer, more open version.

Would be great to see some Advent of Code puzzles in Uiua..

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BQN is also easier to get started. It's the only array language I ever tried because of that. Uiua seems to be inspired by BQN but it's also a stack-based language (BQN isn't).
It seems heavily inspired by BQN, even the style of the web page.
Correct:

> The main language that inspired Uiua is BQN. While I had heard about APL before, BQN was my first real exposure to the power of the array paradigm. I think the language is an astounding feat of engineering. Marshall is both a genius and a great communicator.

https://www.uiua.org/docs/design

Also, a week ago there were only two contributors to the project: 1000+ by kaikalii, and this single commit by Marshall:

https://github.com/uiua-lang/uiua/pull/1/files