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by viktorcode 20 days ago
I read through Odin's FAQ and didn't get the picture of what it does better than everyone else. I think it's missing a good short pitch.
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CyMonk 20 days ago
Why not start with the home page? It provides a good overview and covers all the important points:

* The Data-Oriented Language for Sane Software Development.

* Odin is the C alternative for the Joy of Programming.

* Simplicity, High Performance, For Modern Systems

If you don't see value in these points, you are not part of the target audience.

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viktorcode 7 days ago
What it does better than Rust? C++? Swift? And other language? Terms like "sane" and "joy" indicate highly subjective points, which does not help.

Yes, I do not see value in knowing someone likes this language. I see value in technical features and examples showing how those features address common pain points in programming.

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konart 16 days ago
>The Data-Oriented Language for Sane Software Development.

What does this mean? What makes it more Data-Oriented than Go? What is sane development? What is insane development?

>Simplicity

What is simplicity in its case?

For example one can argue that borrow checker in Rust is "simplicity" (even if you have to master it) but at the same time you can say that BC is complexity.

Similar examples can be outlined for Go or any other language.

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