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March 2024 monthly "What are you working on?" thread
(programming.dev)
Hello!
This is the current Lemmy equivalent of https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/.
The content and rules are the same here as they are over there. Taken directly from the /r/ProgrammingLanguages overview:
This community is dedicated to the theory, design and implementation of programming languages.
Be nice to each other. Flame wars and rants are not welcomed. Please also put some effort into your post.
This isn't the right place to ask questions such as "What language should I use for X", "what language should I learn", and "what's your favorite language". Such questions should be posted in /c/learn_programming or /c/programming.
This is the right place for posts like the following:
See /r/ProgrammingLanguages for specific examples
I started down the path of creating a gear library for Full Control, a 3D printing system. I got sidetracked by a couple of problems:
I'm apparently not smart enough to create something from scratch.
Existing libraries are either beyond my ability to use directly or, like OpenSCAD, generating fully realized models intended for traditional slicers.
I was hoping to be able to do a variety of gear types, but I think I'm going to have to be satisfied with just spur gears.
In any case, I've set it aside until next winter. Spring is coming, so I need to finish my website work before my other hobbies take over my life.
(Actually, Full Control might be better described as a 3D plotting system, since the Z axis is as continuously variable as the X and Y axes.)