Hi, Yatima co-author here, the intended use case is to write portable, safe and efficient programs using Yatima's advance type-system features (dependent types, substructural types, etc) and WebAssembly runtime.
That said, we're still pre-alpha, so there's a lot of work to do before I'd recommend anyone other than PL nerds actually use the project for anything.
As far as ideology goes, yes, definitely I have strong opinions about computing and how it fits into the human experience. I wrote the Motivation section of the README to make that clear and explicit up-front, so that people can make informed decisions about what they spend their time and attention on.
For example, I recognize that not everyone will agree with the view I express here:
> Yatima, as a project, has an opinionated view of that future. We think computing should belong to individual users rather than corporations or states. A programming language is an empowering medium of individual expression, where the user encounters, and extends their mind through, a computing machine. We believe "Programmer" shouldn't be a job description, anymore than "scribe" is a job description in a world with near-universal literacy. Computing belongs to everyone, and computer programming should therefore be maximally accessible to everyone.
> Currently, it's not: There are about 5 billion internet users worldwide, but only an estimated 25 million software developers. That's a "Programming Literacy rate" of less than 1%. Furthermore, that population is not demographically representative. It skews heavily toward men, the Global North, and those from privileged socioeconomic or ethnic backgrounds. This is a disgrace. It is if we live in some absurd dystopia where only people with green eyes play music
That said, we're still pre-alpha, so there's a lot of work to do before I'd recommend anyone other than PL nerds actually use the project for anything.
As far as ideology goes, yes, definitely I have strong opinions about computing and how it fits into the human experience. I wrote the Motivation section of the README to make that clear and explicit up-front, so that people can make informed decisions about what they spend their time and attention on.
For example, I recognize that not everyone will agree with the view I express here:
> Yatima, as a project, has an opinionated view of that future. We think computing should belong to individual users rather than corporations or states. A programming language is an empowering medium of individual expression, where the user encounters, and extends their mind through, a computing machine. We believe "Programmer" shouldn't be a job description, anymore than "scribe" is a job description in a world with near-universal literacy. Computing belongs to everyone, and computer programming should therefore be maximally accessible to everyone.
> Currently, it's not: There are about 5 billion internet users worldwide, but only an estimated 25 million software developers. That's a "Programming Literacy rate" of less than 1%. Furthermore, that population is not demographically representative. It skews heavily toward men, the Global North, and those from privileged socioeconomic or ethnic backgrounds. This is a disgrace. It is if we live in some absurd dystopia where only people with green eyes play music