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The Destructor Cometh

JAMES COTTEE has seen the future, and it is a poorly optimised executable, stamping on the face of your computer, forever.

Jonathan Blow is making his own programming language. He calls it ‘Jai’, and he envisions it as a fully-functional replacement for C++. Not just for making games, but for all other applications.

This may seem like quite the departure for the creator of Braid and The Witness, but it’s an idea that’s been brewing in Blow’s mind for some time now.

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