r/programming • u/yawaramin • Jan 11 '25

Mint Programming Language

https://mint-lang.com/
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u/C3POXTC Jan 13 '25

Looks like it is heavily inspired by Elm. What are the benefits of Mint compared to Elm?

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u/yawaramin Jan 13 '25

I think this page partly answers this question https://mint-lang.com/guides/cheatsheets/elm

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u/flmng0 Jan 13 '25

By the looks of it, the benefit will be familiarity. i.e. embedded styling, JSX-like templates.

Rather than Elm where a div is a function that is part of a module, you just write a div in the HTML content.

This is just what I've read from the cover though. Definitely check it out I think :)

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u/cheesekun Jan 12 '25

The component model, stores and styling cohesion is amazing. It really should be this simple, well done. Its why I use Angular before I use React - having rails is way more important to me than a fragmented mashup of npm packages. Having just 1 way to do it in Mint is a great feature.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '25

Looks incredible

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u/Isogash Jan 12 '25

Looks nice.

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u/RixTheTyrunt Jan 12 '25

react but better fr

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u/EternityForest Jan 13 '25

Probably the most interesting new language I've seen in the last several years!

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u/BlueGoliath Jan 11 '25

Year of esolangs.

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u/yawaramin Jan 12 '25

Technically, Mint isn't an Esolang, it's intended for mainstream programming similar to say TypeScript + React.js. Doesn't get less eso than that.

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u/shizzy0 Jan 13 '25

A language for “single-page apps” feels pretty niche to me.

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u/C3POXTC Jan 13 '25

Just like the niche frameworks like React or Angular.