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Nemerle language. Main repository.
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Current State of Nemerle #13355

Open TheWitheredStriker opened 2 years ago

TheWitheredStriker commented 2 years ago

Hello.

Is the Nemerle language dead?

It appears to me that no significant updates are being pushed to the language anymore; not by JetBrains, nor by other volunteers (e.g. the RSDN). There are no Nemerle plugins for VS beyond 2017, and documentation on and tutorials for the language are scarce.

I think that the Nemerle language has incredible potential, so to see it fade into obscurity and suffer the same fate as Boo is truly sad. Is anyone currently using Nemerle or working on the language? If so, how is it going?

Once I've grasped the fundamentals of coding and am ready to dive into compiler study, I'll be more than happy to stop by and help out with the language where I can. Until then, I fear I will not be of much help in regards to Nemerle, but I will continue to stick around for any potential updates.

While I will not be able to do anything with these pointers myself for the time being (not until I'm good enough at programming), I think that it might be a good idea for those still involved with Nemerle in some way to think about where new contributors and helpers could start and how the language's maintenance and support could be updated / revived, just like what happened in the Boo community (see link above). After all, helping out on a FOSS project is far easier if you know where to start and what parts of the project need attention.

I'm hoping that, eventually, we might be able to breathe new life into this programming language. If we come across the right people, I do believe that it is possible. To anyone currently using Nemerle or working on the language itself, good luck!

NN--- commented 2 years ago

There was some unfinished work in https://github.com/rsdn/nemerle/tree/retarget-compiler It allows compiling to .NET Core. I don't see currently a future for the language without some sponsorship.

TheWitheredStriker commented 2 years ago

I see. Interesting.

Regardless of wether we find a sponsor or not, I do plan to eventually come back to this repo once I've got the hang of compiler and language design and seeing what I can do.

altbodhi commented 2 years ago

I see. Interesting.

Regardless of wether we find a sponsor or not, I do plan to eventually come back to this repo once I've got the hang of compiler and language design and seeing what I can do.

Welcome to community group. It is here https://t.me/nemerle_lang

TheWitheredStriker commented 2 years ago

My apologies, I forgot to reply until now. Is that Nemerle group active?

TheWitheredStriker commented 2 years ago

The group appears to be entirely in Russian, which I unfortunately do not understand or speak. If I were to join, I'd have to converse in English, and translate all Russian messages I don't understand. Is that alright for you guys?