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Vx – One Language, Every Chip

75 points · 54 comments · elffjs

  1. png732 · · focus · HN ↗
    Is there a backstory for this being named Vx? Seems a bit too close for comfort to the VxWorks OS, though there seems to be no connection.
    1. Skwid · · focus · HN ↗
      Better than I was thinking: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;VX_(nerve_agent)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;VX_(nerve_agent)
    2. adityazero · · focus · HN ↗
      That story is buried in a long chat thread between me and Gemini.
      1. librasteve · · focus · HN ↗
        fwiw I recently tried this with ChatGPT. The result (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bil-lang.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bil-lang.org) came after I dumped the LLM as a name suggester. As a checker and idea source it was fine. The language name space is quite crowded!
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