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This looks like a nice language, mad props to the author(s) for actually creating a new language, that's something I dream of doing one day!

But I wonder, is this means for me to use, and then why should I use it? The text had great examples of how to use it, but I couldn't find the why.

Again, super cool that you wrote a language!

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Thanks. It's meant for anyone to use. The language is basically in Play-Doh form at this point, so it's something you can do whatever you want with.

Obviously, depending on what you want to do, it might take more effort on your part, but I think that's a large part of the point in programming.

For me, the motivation is mainly researching garbage collection/memory management and function closures.

Take a look at http://createyourproglang.com/ - it's very good for making language creation seem less magical. Well worth the price. It's not a replacement for a "proper" discussion of PLT and compiler design and such, but it's nice as the first step.

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