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New #sideproject idea: an #EmbeddableScriptingLanguage (kinda like #Lua) that is designed for #FlowBasedProgramming.
The key thing for me is having an easy way to see which outputs depend on which inputs.
And the easiest way to do so would be with an embeddable language that could transform source code into an executable graph describing how values are made from other values. From this, I can just run some simple graph algorithms to find what I need.
As a bonus, this allows for some some type checking before execution and to easily paralelize code.
If I made such a language, I imagine it wouldn't allow for reassignment of variables, kinda like SISAL.
Yes, backfeeding has its uses but I don't need it and having acyclical graphs makes my life simpler.