There's not exactly tiny community (but it's not huge either) that programs against Lua-based engines using Fennel - a Clojure-like Lisp. Jank, aimed to have one-to-one Clojure-parity, I think would be great news.
> the people in this space aren't dreaming of programming in a functional style.
IMO because they are extremely pragmatic and there still, doesn't exist a good, practical way to program games in a functional style. Jank may open that possibility.
There's not exactly tiny community (but it's not huge either) that programs against Lua-based engines using Fennel - a Clojure-like Lisp. Jank, aimed to have one-to-one Clojure-parity, I think would be great news.
> the people in this space aren't dreaming of programming in a functional style.
IMO because they are extremely pragmatic and there still, doesn't exist a good, practical way to program games in a functional style. Jank may open that possibility.