Is the field of competition so ripe here? I'm seeing Go, but what else?
It seems a lot of the other languages:
- don't have an easy compilation story (interpreted, VM, compilers as secondary implementations)
- lean more on the functional side (Ocaml, Haskell)
- otherwise clash with the common BCPL-family mindset (Oberon, arguably Go)
There definitely seems room for an "easier C++". Heck, given how popular Rust is due to backing and support from the functional crowd, leaning into ease of use and imperative programming might be a sufficiently large niche.
It seems a lot of the other languages:
- don't have an easy compilation story (interpreted, VM, compilers as secondary implementations)
- lean more on the functional side (Ocaml, Haskell)
- otherwise clash with the common BCPL-family mindset (Oberon, arguably Go)
There definitely seems room for an "easier C++". Heck, given how popular Rust is due to backing and support from the functional crowd, leaning into ease of use and imperative programming might be a sufficiently large niche.