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If you look at other posts in this thread, you'll see that this review is completely irrelevant since the bugs it complained about were fixed in several 3 line commits.


I won't pretend to be up to date on your language and what is fixed or working, but if it was so easy to fix these bugs that were apparently so trivial, why weren't they fixed before announcing / releasing the features? Even just communicating that a feature isn't done yet and may need a little more time (e.g. a beta tag) would go a long way in rebuilding trust with people outside your community.

Meanwhile, defensive reactions like those I see in and around this thread make me feel like I trust you less.


I'm sorry but that makes completely no sense. "Why didn't you release software without any bugs?"

That's not how the world works. And it's open source, where hundreds of contributors help you find and fix these bugs. That's the whole point.


As I said in my previous reply, you're more than welcome to stick a beta tag on something that isn't ready for prime time yet. Take a look at Rust and their releases as an example of the ultimate in building a stable foundation that people trust.

I'm not asking you to never ship a bug. I'm saying I don't trust you or your language and giving you an example of how you might regain my trust. Feel free to ignore my advice, but if your goal is to encourage more people to use your language instead of encouraging more people to fight you, maybe you could at least give the impression that you were willing to hear someone out instead of telling them their opinion doesn't make any sense at all.


It literally says V 0.3 in the very center of the website. First thing.


Yeah, and that's not enough. I guess I'll hold off on trying your language until 1.0.




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