Janet was created in 2018 by Calvin Rose. It was developed to provide a lightweight, embeddable scripting language that combined features of functional and imperative programming, suitable for both standalone applications and extension through C libraries.
Janet
Janet is a functional and imperative programming language designed for high-level scripting, embedding in other programs, and extending with C libraries. It offers a lightweight, embeddable environment with a REPL and supports concurrency through green threads.
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About Janet
Janet's strengths include its lightweight nature, embeddability, and support for concurrency through green threads. Weaknesses include a smaller community and limited libraries compared to more established languages. Competitors include Lua, Python, and JavaScript.
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A Janet expert must have proficiency in functional and imperative programming paradigms, experience with C for embedding and extending Janet, knowledge of concurrency mechanisms like green threads, and familiarity with the Janet standard library and REPL environment.
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