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Francesco Orsenigo edited this page Oct 6, 2021 · 1 revision

Squarepants is a programming language

Hybrid functional, imperative
Globally pure, but allows local mutability
Statically type-checked "if it compiles it works"

Goals:

Accessible
Reliable
Good enough performance for video games (ability to model and update complex state)
Transpile to shaders
Maintainable at scale
Portable

Non-goals:

Great power of expressiveness
Elegance
Low level performance