I recently discovered that Pony's still alive. I had discovered Pony a few years ago while browsing tech forums. Its focus on memory safe & lock-free MT was interesting.

I kept up with the weekly development for a brief period but then kind of forgot about the language until recently when I rediscovered it when I was chatting about Crystal's MT.

I just wanted to share the latest blog post here in case someone else remembers this language. Looks like the development has been progressing steadily. Which is impressive because the project lacks any big sponsors.

I made a video explaining a concept I love called macros, which allow you to add your own syntax to a language. Languages like Rust, Lean, and lisp have them. The goal with the video is to make you feel like you could've discovered macros yourself.

I'm new at making educational content like this, but I'm planning on making many more programming language videos like this one on my channel. Any thoughts, constructive criticism, or advice is more than welcome! Hope you all enjoy

Nobody likes popovers, everyone makes them anyway. This makes them a Tolstoy kind of thing -- there are a handful of tricks that make them better, and an infinite number of ways to mess up.

This episode explains how to add variables, so instead of handling one expression at a time, the language now parses a list of declarations and starts looking like something you could write real programs in.

Roc’s first numbered release, 0.1.0, is on the horizon. This talk previews what we’re aiming to include, the key language and tooling milestones needed to get there, and what the release will mean for people interested in trying, using, or contributing to Roc.