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>>Fascin+(OP)
What I really want to see from a "*-programming-language" post on HN is _why_. Why Lily?

>>onesev+fEb
From the link:

> Key features of Lily:

> Built-in template mode

> Embed/extend in C

> Single-inheritance classes

> Exceptions

> Generics

> Algebraic data types (with Option and Result predefined).

>>pauldd+ZJb
That’s what. Not why.

>>andsoi+OMb
The why: because Lua, Python, JavaScript, Janet, etc lack many or all these features. And each of these features is known to make life easier for a human programmer.

>>nine_k+gRb
Looking through that list of features, Ruby (the dynamic language I know best) has all but 1 built-in (and the other can be added with Gems). I'm guessing Python probably has them all too (but I don't know Python that well). They're pretty common. So the why still isn't clear.

>>dismal+hYb
Is Ruby easy to embed in a C program?

>>nine_k+O1c
Yes -> https://mruby.org

It's also incredibly easy to extend the main Ruby implementation with C, C++, Odin, Zig, Rust, Fortran, etc... Literally a few lines.