EYG: A Programming Language for Humans
Eat Your Greens (EYG) is a statically typed functional programming language. It is a better programming language, for some measure of better. This post explains what I consider to be better and which features that requires adding or removing from the language.
- ▪Eat Your Greens (EYG) is a statically typed functional programming language.
- ▪It is a better programming language, for some measure of better.
- ▪This post explains what I consider to be better and which features that requires adding or removing from the language.
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| Original publisher | Hacker News: Front Page |
| Canonical URL | https://crowdhailer.me/2026-06-08/a-programming-language-for-humans/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:21:37 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-28T02:58:22.492Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-28T02:58:22.492Z |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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A programming language for humans. Eat Your Greens (EYG) is a statically typed functional programming language. It is a better programming language, for some measure of better. This post explains what I consider to be better and which features that requires adding or removing from the language. End user programming disappointment I started building a language during a 10 week wait for my visa to start a new job in Sweden. I built EYG specifically after noticing a recurring pattern amongst technically minded, but not professional, developers. The pattern was a cycle like the one below. A technically minded person identifies a problem they feel they should be able to automate. They choose a nocode or locode tool and get it working.
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