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#Gamelab2018 - Jon Blow's Design decisions on creating Jai a new language for game programmers
Gamelab Conference
Jonathan Blow talks at Gamelab 2018 about the design decisions behind Jai, the programming language he is building for game programmers. He covers low-friction development, quality of life and the effects of compile times.
Recommended for a substantive look at language design priorities and a critique of why modern programming feels broken.
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