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by xonix 753 days ago
Right, this is not the problem par se. To me this is a rather philosophical question. Related to the motivation behind the project.

If someone has some particular domain problem to which they need to introduce the new programming language, then, probably, it should look somehow different to all existing languages, otherwise they would be used.

Alternatively, the motivation could be: OK I need ExistingLanguageX(-alike) but in the domain/environment where it's not present yet, for example, WASM.

The motivation question is always of interest to me since it allows to judje for the long-term perspectives of the project.

However don't take this as a discouragement rant, learning case is a good motivation/raison d'ĂȘtre too.