I've had a few email/tweet exchanges regarding KL, so I thought it would be useful to clarify a few things:
- KL is a language with a syntax that is very close to Javascript. It borrows syntax from JavaScript, but not the rules of the language itself. Just like JavaScript borrows syntax from C, and OpenCL borrows from C.
- There are many things in Javascript we don't support. Some things we don't currently support (eg. in-line initialization of arrays) but will probably support in the future; other things we probably won't support (eg. regular expressions as language objects) and finally there are things we will never support (ie. closures).
- There are nice features of KL that Javascript does not have, for instance arithmetic operator overloading. These features are included because they are particularly useful for computational problems.
- KL is not JavaScript++ - It's designed for writing high-performance operator code, not to handle everything that JavaScript can do. We don't want to reinvent the wheel :)
We will work on a post to cover KL in more detail, including roadmap. You can email info at fabric-engine dot com if you have any questions you want to take offline.
- KL is a language with a syntax that is very close to Javascript. It borrows syntax from JavaScript, but not the rules of the language itself. Just like JavaScript borrows syntax from C, and OpenCL borrows from C.
- There are many things in Javascript we don't support. Some things we don't currently support (eg. in-line initialization of arrays) but will probably support in the future; other things we probably won't support (eg. regular expressions as language objects) and finally there are things we will never support (ie. closures).
- There are nice features of KL that Javascript does not have, for instance arithmetic operator overloading. These features are included because they are particularly useful for computational problems.
- KL is not JavaScript++ - It's designed for writing high-performance operator code, not to handle everything that JavaScript can do. We don't want to reinvent the wheel :)
We will work on a post to cover KL in more detail, including roadmap. You can email info at fabric-engine dot com if you have any questions you want to take offline.
Thanks, Paul