goodpaul6

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   by goodpaul6 2y ago

   I don’t think it’s trying to have some magical hook, it just feels better to program than C/C++ for most of their use cases. That being said, I find the error handling via multiple return values + or_return pretty nifty, and the vendor
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   by goodpaul6 3y ago

   It looks like they only repaint when there is interaction as well (so it does sleep while nothing is happening). However, my point with linking this library was just to demonstrate that accessibility and IMGUI are not inherently incompatibl
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   by goodpaul6 3y ago

   Here's an IMGUI library that's also accessible (via AccessKit): https://github.com/emilk/egui
4. 4.▲
   by goodpaul6 3y ago

   I decided to implement it (IMGUI that only repaints when relevant interactions occur) so that my point comes across more clearly: https://github.com/goodpaul6/imgui-power-saving-example Of course this is a greatly simp
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   by goodpaul6 3y ago

   I'm not sure the perf/battery life tradeoff is a necessary aspect of immediate mode UI. while (running) { event := get_next_event() process_event(event) repaint() } You could just have get_next_event block unt
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   by goodpaul6 3y ago

   I get the sense that most ad-monetised social media apps are forced to show an algorithmic feed that maximises ad impressions; otherwise advertisers will just move to a platform that does. I suspect that even BeReal will do this at some poi
7. 7.▲
   by goodpaul6 3y ago

   > This is not possible at all because TypeScript is a compiler Not sure if this supports your point. Lots of compilers emit runtime type information, e.g. Golang, Java.
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   by goodpaul6 4y ago

   Interestingly, given the minimal core of the language, arrays are not built in (this is something I'm looking to change, of course). As such, the "array" type is just an opaque type exposed via the C binding API. Given that t
9. 9.▲
   by goodpaul6 4y ago

   Thanks! Just fixed this. Seems the "%=" operator is less useful than I thought.
10. 10.▲
    by goodpaul6 4y ago

    I’m currently working on Tiny [0], a small statically typed programming languages which is even more minimal than Wren. [0] https://github.com/goodpaul6/Tiny