Name: Anonymous 2011-12-22 12:03
Twice, actually. First time I tried its "IDE" (it even lacked syntax highlighting) on windows and it's failed to compile hello world because I have no MSVC or Pelles C installed and mingw is too mainstream to support, then I tried it on linux.
Guys, it's a total shit.
First, its syntax is more verbose than java, e.g.
I heard THEY call it "lisp with infix operators". Well, while escaping from LISP minimalistic syntax, they gone too far.
[b]`end function main`[/o]? WTF is that?
Second, make-dylan-app creates FOUR files for such little program. So much of boilerplate. WTF?
Third. `dylan-compiler -build my-lib.lid` builds app. Too long to type, but it's not even a point. Point is guess where it places executable. Not in current directory like all normal compilers do. But in `~/Open-Dylan/bin/my-lib`. Guess how much shit it spits on the screen.
http://pastebin.com/DQJMVjHu
That many.
Fourth. Guess how much time it takes to compile this hello world. 0.9 seconds. On my i7-970. g++ -O4 with std::cout does it in 0.5 seconds. D2 compiler in 0.25 seconds. Walter Bright is may waifu, I guess. Results are not surprising since it's calling `cc` under the hood.
TL;DR. It's so bad that I don't even want to check if its macros system is strong enough to define macros that will help to eliminate boilerplate from `end function main;`
Guys, it's a total shit.
First, its syntax is more verbose than java, e.g.
define function main(name, arguments)
format-out("Hello, world!\n");
exit-application(0);
end function main;I heard THEY call it "lisp with infix operators". Well, while escaping from LISP minimalistic syntax, they gone too far.
[b]`end function main`[/o]? WTF is that?
Second, make-dylan-app creates FOUR files for such little program. So much of boilerplate. WTF?
Third. `dylan-compiler -build my-lib.lid` builds app. Too long to type, but it's not even a point. Point is guess where it places executable. Not in current directory like all normal compilers do. But in `~/Open-Dylan/bin/my-lib`. Guess how much shit it spits on the screen.
http://pastebin.com/DQJMVjHu
That many.
Fourth. Guess how much time it takes to compile this hello world. 0.9 seconds. On my i7-970. g++ -O4 with std::cout does it in 0.5 seconds. D2 compiler in 0.25 seconds. Walter Bright is may waifu, I guess. Results are not surprising since it's calling `cc` under the hood.
TL;DR. It's so bad that I don't even want to check if its macros system is strong enough to define macros that will help to eliminate boilerplate from `end function main;`