Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.spitfire.i.gajendra.net!not-for-mail From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc Subject: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 13:05:35 -0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: <10tpvqv$ivo$3@reader1.panix.com> References: <10su8cn$am9i$1@dont-email.me> <10tof8a$b63$1@dont-email.me> <10tp26r$1l93l$21@dont-email.me> <10tpt9j$c3i4$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 13:05:35 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="spitfire.i.gajendra.net:166.84.136.80"; logging-data="19448"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Originator: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:398643 comp.lang.misc:11784 In article <10tpt9j$c3i4$1@dont-email.me>, Bart wrote: >On 10/05/2026 05:39, Janis Papanagnou wrote: >> [snip] >> What makes you think that I'd need to write an own language given that >> there's a plethora of languages of all kinds and paradigms existing. > >So where's the one that works like mine? I mean, Rust does exactly what you were just describing. >And why are there so many new ones still appearing? Most of them you >will not know about. Consider the possibility that you may be unique in the world in possessing the combination of requirements and aesthetic judgement that makes you feel you need a language like yours. As for new languages, there are a number of reasons. Most of them are not particularly relevant here. At this point, you may consider doing what Keith suggested, and moving further discussion of your language to comp.lang.misc. Here, I'll start by cross-posting to that group for you. - Dan C.