Everyone is creating a new programming language these days, often one that's "like Go but with more features" or "like Rust but simpler". Solod, a systems language for C and Go developers, might look like one of those languages, but it take…
Go's standard library has a slices package with a function called Backward. It lets you iterate over the elements of a slice in reverse order: // Backward returns an iterator over index-value pairs in the slice, // traversing it backward wi…
Solod (So) is a subset of Go that translates to regular C — with zero runtime, manual memory management, and source-level interop. It's designed for two main audiences: Go developers who want low-level control without having to learn anothe…
Over the past two years, I've published interactive tours for five Go releases, from 1.22 to 1.26. I know some of you have read them, and I've received a lot of kind words from you (even some core Go team members reached out) — thank you so…
Go's concurrency is one of the main reasons people like the language. You write go f(), send values through channels, and the runtime scheduler runs thousands of goroutines on just a few OS threads. It feels effortless. None of that machine…
Solod (So) is a system-level language with Go syntax, zero runtime, and a familiar standard library. It's designed for two main audiences: The previous version (v0.1) focused on porting core Go stdlib packages and providing convenient C int…
Solod (So) is a system-level language with Go syntax and zero runtime. It's designed for two main audiences: The initial version (let's call it v0) was focused on picking a subset of Go and translating it to C. The next logical step was to
Creating a subset of Go that translates to C was never my end goal. I liked writing C code with Go, but without the standard library it felt pretty limited. So, the next logical step was to port Go's stdlib to C. Of course, this isn't somet…
Creating a subset of Go that translates to C was never my end goal. I liked writing C code with Go, but without the standard library it felt pretty limited. So, the next logical step was to port Go's stdlib to C. Of course, this isn't somet…
I'm working on a new programming language named Solod (So). It's a strict subset of Go that translates to regular C. So supports structs, methods, interfaces, slices, maps, multiple returns, and defer. Everything is stack-allocated by defau…
An allocator is a tool that reserves memory (typically on the heap) so a program can store its data structures there. Many C programs use the standard libc allocator, or at best, let you switch it out for another one like jemalloc or mimall…
Modern system programming languages, from Hare to Zig, seem to agree that defer is a must-have feature. It's hard to argue with that, because defer makes it much easier to free memory and other resources correctly, which is crucial in langu…