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Developer builds a functional programming language to add 1+1

Original: Needed 1+1, built a functional programming language

A software developer has written a blog post describing how a simple need to compute 1+1 spiralled into building an entire functional programming language. The story, shared on Hacker News, has drawn around 146 engagements, with readers amused by the familiar programmer habit of over-engineering a trivial problem into a full toolchain.

Why now: The humorous escalation from a trivial arithmetic task to creating a whole programming language resonates with developers who recognise the same over-engineering impulse in themselves.

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• Needed 1+1, built a functional programming language · birdculture · 146

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