The Crystal Programming Language
Seems like there's a new language popping up every few weeks. This seems strange when the trend in human languages seems to be towards a single common tongue, or at least a common lingua franca.The same seems true of mathematics. At least in the parts that get commonly taught, we trend toward a common representation.In programming, it seemed like we might move toward a core "C-like" syntax with various derivatives, for a while.But now we seem to be moving toward a world where everyone wants to create their own domain-specific language.I can't help but long for a common tongue. One which allows developers in different domains to understand at least the functionality, if not the motivation without having to learn a new language.