Additional languages? about basic-computer-games

[coding-horror]

It is looking like Rust will be the other language, substituting for Pascal.

[coding-horror]

Good news! The number of languages is now 10.

C#
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Lua
Perl
Python
Ruby
Rust
VB.NET

Rationale here: https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/updating-101-basic-computer-games-for-2022-and-beyond/7927/116

You can contribute any other languages as you please via the https://github.com/coding-horror/basic-computer-games/tree/main/00_Alternate_Languages folder.

[coding-horror]

For now we are limiting it to the 8, however, there is some debate around kicking Pascal out if it is not "safe enough" in practice (see another open issue). You are definitely free to create other implementations and link them from the readme.md for the game if you like! 🙏

[Abbabon]

Sorry to piggy-back over this issue, but it seems relevant :)

If we are aiming at additional memory-safe languages, why not add Rust to the list, as a language setting a new standard in memory safety.

[coding-horror]

@leha-bot and @Abbabon you are definitely free to create other implementations and link them from the readme.md for the game if you like! 🙏

[leha-bot]

Any chances to make a C++20 ports? Or may I or something make a fork/new repo with this?

[stefanhaustein]

Shameless plug for kotlin: https://github.com/kobjects/konsole/tree/main/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/kobjects/konsole/demo (ok, it's just 4 so far but it's a start O:)

[jondycz]

PHP as a console app 👍

[Yagi-404]

And what about Lua ?
It's thread-safe and multi-paradigm 👍

[mojoaxel]

I would love to see implementations in shell script. Bash is used quite often under a lot of different circumstances and these repository would be an wonderful way to learn the basics!

[coding-horror]

@mojoaxel I don't know about shell script, whatever Bash we maintain at Discourse becomes a liability very quickly..

[mojoaxel]

@coding-horror I feel you! But it is still wildly used because it is available almost everywhere. I've creates a first example in #635 but I don't mind if nobody is interested in shell scripts ;-)