I too have a journey-focused interest in studying the code, heh. I must admit I'm mildly sad about the secrecy (and requirement to participate, presumably to deter lurkers with indeterminable motives), but I suspect it's mostly because K itself is used in finance (eg, http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10501320, ^F "brightly", end of that paragraph and all of the next small one), and it's reasonable to consider that if it doesn't cost a lot of money that'll categorically impact its relevancy :)
I guess this is also why Kona is generally regarded dismally - I wonder if that view isn't carefully cultured/spread for similar reasons. In any case the implementation is heavily tied to the success (which is interesting in and of itself), which also ties the implementation to the niche, and I guess I lament the impact the language's resulting general accessibility and reach because things won't be changing anytime soon. Eh, I guess the selfish(?)/survivalist(?) view is to clear the calendar and say hi while Whitney's still teaching :P (I've been meaning to do exactly this, but my, er, calendar (life, really) doesn't permit me the confidence to say I'd definitely be able to keep up.)
In the video it's mentioned there's not much optimization in kos. That's mildly encouraging, from a general systems perspective and also from an architectural standpoint (eg, functional programming can be interesting/novel/weirdly-aesthetic and "efficient enough" (or even more than) with eg UI latency).
I guess this is also why Kona is generally regarded dismally - I wonder if that view isn't carefully cultured/spread for similar reasons. In any case the implementation is heavily tied to the success (which is interesting in and of itself), which also ties the implementation to the niche, and I guess I lament the impact the language's resulting general accessibility and reach because things won't be changing anytime soon. Eh, I guess the selfish(?)/survivalist(?) view is to clear the calendar and say hi while Whitney's still teaching :P (I've been meaning to do exactly this, but my, er, calendar (life, really) doesn't permit me the confidence to say I'd definitely be able to keep up.)
In the video it's mentioned there's not much optimization in kos. That's mildly encouraging, from a general systems perspective and also from an architectural standpoint (eg, functional programming can be interesting/novel/weirdly-aesthetic and "efficient enough" (or even more than) with eg UI latency).