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The Joy of Programming in Jai - Part 1: Hello World

Nuno Afonso · tutorial · Watch on YouTube

Programming language designGame programming & engines

What it is

The first part of a series on programming in Jai, Jonathan Blow's in-development language. It covers compiling, writing hello world and using code from other files.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Jai had no public release, so commenters point to this beta user's videos as a way to see what the language is actually like.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “One of the beta testers has published some more up to date videos with his language introduction and initial experience”

    Beta tester's language introduction and initial experience with Jai

    rehemiau, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “The Odin Programming Language”

  2. “You can watch[1] one of the lead programmers from CD Projekt Red joyfully give an overview of where Jai is at now.”

    CD Projekt Red programmer's overview of where Jai is now

    robaay, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “A Programming Language for Games (2014)”

  3. “For more current info check out beta user's impressions”

    More current impressions of Jai from a beta user

    viktorcode, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Jai Language Primer (2017)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: jai, jonathan blow, game programming, hello world, beta

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