Frink Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Stephen Wolfram – 4-Hour Conversational Documentary on My Entire Arc of Life [video]

  If you like this sort of calculation, check out Frink. "I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them." -- Professor John Frink https://frinklang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• Show HN: Numbat – A programming language with physical dimensions as types

  Frink (https://frinklang.org/) is an older language with similar design goals. Frink runs on the JVM and is also available on Android. I use it as a general purpose calculator on my smartphone. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Show HN: Numbat – A programming language with physical dimensions as types

  If I’m reading this correctly, the Frink language has similar features (and also seems darn useful!) https://frinklang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• The Deep Link Equating Math Proofs and Computer Programs

  When I was in high school units were a key part of science education. Is this no longer the case? Your point about tools that support units is great. Reminds me of https://frinklang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• GNU Units

  I also highly recommend checking out Frinklang at [https://frinklang.org/]. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Syntax Proposal for Plato: Feedback Requested

  (I've glanced at your Plato link, and some of the stuff there reminds me of Frink, which takes working with units to the extreme. Source: 10 months ago

• Which "unusual" programming language do you think has a "bright future"?

  I think Frink has potential to get traction in the science world. It's a jvm language used for unit calculations and conversions, and treats defined (and extended) units as first class. Source: 11 months ago

• How does Elixir stack up in the future of ML versus Python, Julia, and Mojo?

  I find types with units really interesting. Frink is probably my favorite language on this aspect. Source: 11 months ago

• A Wishlist of Zero-Cost Abstractions

  Frink takes the handling of units to the extreme (it supports apparently thousands). With the extra pressure on the type system, and the need to possibly tag values, is it really zero-cost? Source: about 1 year ago

• Good scientific calc for windows?

  I always have a Frink window open. It's nice because it tracks units of measure. For anything more involved, I use Python, NumPy, etc. Source: over 1 year ago

• Show HN: Figr.app – a multi-user, notepad style calculator (desktop app)

  Good job! I spent a while working on a more flexible & real-time version of Frink. Needs to exist. https://frinklang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Show HN: I made a web-based notepad with a built in unit calculator

  See also Frink: https://frinklang.org/ > Frink is a practical calculating tool and programming language designed to make physical calculations simple, to help ensure that answers come out right, and to make a tool that's really useful in the real world. It tracks units of measure (feet, meters, kilograms, watts, etc.) through all calculations, allowing you to mix units of measure transparently, and helps you... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Choosing Julia, Matlab, Python or R in economics?

  I use all languages for different things, or based on my familiarity with using them for a specific domain of problems. I really like Julia, and I think once the libraries grow, it will be the leader here. It currently has some really specific, and useful libraries for certain tasks. I like R's ecosystem, and being a Lisper, R and Julia are my favorites. Personal bias: Python bores me. I will program in C or C++... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Six programming languages I’d like to see

  For calculator languages, I think there are several choices. Depends a bit on what you know, and what you need... Frink (https://frinklang.org/) has been around for ages, and is rooted in physical unit conversions Calca (http://calca.io/) has come up a handful of times. It looks pretty reasonable R, if that's your flavor Anything with a REPL. Though the OP suggests these are cumbersome, I'd counter argue that... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Please Put Units in Names

  Worth mentioning Frink. > Frink is a practical calculating tool and programming language designed to make physical calculations simple, to help ensure that answers come out right, and to make a tool that's really useful in the real world. It tracks units of measure (feet, meters, kilograms, watts, etc.) through all calculations.. https://frinklang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Show HN: All desktop calculators are wrong, so I had to build my own

  I really like speedcrunch also, another really cool calculator that is more of a language is Frink https://frinklang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• What’s a math related hill you’re willing to die on?

  On a tangent of the intersection of coding and mathematics: I think coding languages and courses need to start adopting Frink’s standards when it comes to arbitrary precision mathematics—specifically with rational numbers and interval arithmetic. 3 * 1/3 should be 1, not 1.00000000000002. Idc if it adds negligible time to the process, I’d still prefer accurate results. Source: about 2 years ago

• Fundamental difference between "types" and "units"?

  If you are thinking about this topic, I'd suggest taking a look at the programming language Frink , Finding a talk by its creator on youtube would likely be better. It takes that latter thing I mentioned and runs with it. The language has effectively all units built in, with operations that sensibly combine/reduce the resulting unit. Source: about 2 years ago

• Show HN: OnlyRecipe.app – Remove clutter from recipe sites. No story, no popups

  I was taught to bake (and write recipes) using a mixture of units; to prefer metric measurements when precision is required, but to prefer "American" units when it isn't, almost to highlight the absence of precision, and to clue the reader that they may have to adjust for humidity or the amount of gluten generated (or whatever). I know this stuff is obvious to an experienced cook, but I can also imagine seeing... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• What is it about C# that you do NOT like compared to other languages?

  Oh... And units of measure . C# has a time unit of measure, but you always have to roll your own mass, temperature, length and currency units of measure. A language like Frink already makes it pretty easy to do this. I don't understand why a business oriented language like C# doesn't have units of measure already baked in. Source: over 2 years ago

• Whatever Happened to Wolfram Alpha?

  Or frink [1], which started off as a tool like the others mentiond here, but is now a full fledged units-based programming language. See some examples of them here [2] 1: https://frinklang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago