Since the old days, however way back those days were, people invented programming languages to cope with demands for faster, cooler, better computing. Till this day, we have so many programming languages to dazzle just about any type of developers. Never say never though, because now we have to add one more programming language on top of the list of programming languages we already possessed.
Opa claims to be a totally different programming language in a way that it’s in itself a web server, databases, security filters, and cloud ready. What make Opa is even more compelling is that it’s open source. You can just hop to Opa’s Introduction to learn how to begin to write simple Opa programs. I can’t help but awe at Opa’s claim how Opa will make the job of programmers way easier by making sure their codes are secure automatically.
Opa claims that with little hack, you can make Opa mimic other programming language, but it isn’t designed to be that way. Instead, think of Opa as an alien from a planet that takes billions of light year to travel to, and yet Opa is here! Opa promises to be more powerful and simpler.
I don’t really know Opa’s claims are true, but I guess I’ve to believe the words of Opa’s developers for now. After all, technology must evolve for the better, and in order for technology to evolve the underlying foundations of all technology must evolve to facilitate the changes. That foundation or foundations we’re talking about are hardware and software, but foundations of foundations are the chips and the programming languages.
Vinh Nguyen
