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From C++ to Clojure: Jank language promises best of both
Former EA engineer Jeaye Wilkerson goes all-in on developing jank, a new programming language that combines Clojure's interactive nature with native compilation and minimal runtime requirements.
Wilkerson quit his job as a software engineer at Electronic Arts (EA) earlier this month to work on jank fulltime. For developers looking for a modern and portable functional programming language built on the undying beauty of linked parenthetical pairs, as in (+ 2 2) = 4, jank seems like a terrific pickup.” “For example, GUI development, which is a historically weak area in the Clojure world, since jank will have seamless access to Qt, GTK+, wxWidgets, ImGui, etc.,” he said.
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