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I'm eth newbie..just learning
(working on @farcaster)

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AMA with @horsefacts.eth starts now!

What questions do you have for him?

I'm afraid to ask but what or who is a Hoon?

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I'm afraid to ask but what or who is a Hoon?

https://warpcast.com/horsefacts.eth/0x76c538a4

Hoon is the somewhat esoteric programming language used on Urbit: it's a purely functional, statically typed systems language with unique syntax (called "runes") and naming conventions. 

I've been exploring it lately and am in the latest "Hoon School" cohort.

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Hoon is the somewhat esoteric programming language used on Urbit: it's a purely functional, statically typed systems language with unique syntax (called "runes") and naming conventions. 

I've been exploring it lately and am in the latest "Hoon School" cohort.

https://docs.urbit.org/language/hoon

How do you align this side of yours with writing javascript at merkle? 😂

/frontend dev・founder/decentralized data wrangler /blockhead・ritual.net・UI/UX abstractionist・DeFi/web3 builder・dropout・24・prev /dydx・x.com/darryl__yeo

I'm probably not in deep enough yet to have a well formed opinion, but the "computing for Martians" analogy fits. It's like working on a Martian lisp machine.

How are you liking the Urbit developer experience?