>Lux is still in diapers, but everything should be completed in the next few months.
How accurate is that? In the sense that it's something heard from a lot of projects, and then years pass and they're not ready yet or are abandoned.
Is there some tangibles to support this? E.g. "creator had done some other languages in the past succesfully so he knows the timescales involved", "author is paid to work on this full time", etc?
>> How accurate is that? In the sense that it's something heard from a lot of projects, and then years pass and they're not ready yet or are abandoned.
Basically, I know how much I've done so far and how much needs to be done, so I can kinda guesstimate how much is necessary.
Taking things this far has taken me 5 and a half months, and the vast majority of the work has already been done.
v0.2 will just expand the standard library (which is a piece of cake), add a few missing features that aren't that hard to implement, and make some improvements to compiler speed.
After that, I'll just be focusing on adding compiler optimizations and porting the compiler to ClojureScript to generate JavaScript.
>> "creator had done some other languages in the past succesfully so he knows the timescales involved"
This is my first language made for public consumption.
>> "author is paid to work on this full time"
I sure as hell would like that, but I'm working part time & going to college.
With that said, I've gotten quite far just by extracting time from weekends and working late at night.
And since most of the work has been done, I've be surprised if Lux wasn't finished before the end of the year.
I'll also be making sure not to tie myself with other projects as much as I can to be able to dedicate all the time I can to Lux.
How accurate is that? In the sense that it's something heard from a lot of projects, and then years pass and they're not ready yet or are abandoned.
Is there some tangibles to support this? E.g. "creator had done some other languages in the past succesfully so he knows the timescales involved", "author is paid to work on this full time", etc?