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CLAUDE.md

language-experiments CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from amitshekhariitbhu/language-experiments. It costs 633 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for a project that explores programming languages through small, runnable experiments and recorded findings.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when creating a new experiment: inspect existing work and insights, choose an uncovered topic, run the script, and record the result.
Why use it?
They prevent repeated experiments and keep each investigation focused, self-contained, and based on observed output.

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CLAUDE.md · 53 lines

How it starts

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Purpose

This is a language experimentation project. The goal is to explore programming languages through hands-on experiments that reveal non-obvious, unique, or surprising behaviors — things you don't learn from textbooks.

How It Works

When the user asks to do a new experiment (e.g., "do a new experiment in Python" or "new experiment in Kotlin on coroutines"):

  1. Read all existing experiment files and INSIGHTS.md in the <language>/ folder to understand what's already covered.
  2. If the user specified a topic, create an experiment on that topic (but still avoid repeating existing insights).
  3. If no topic specified, pick a topic that is NOT already covered by existing experiments.
  4. Create the experiment as a standalone, runnable script in <language>/.
  5. Run the experiment and capture actual output.
  6. Append the new insight to <language>/INSIGHTS.md.

If the language folder doesn't exist yet, create it.

Rules for Experiments

  • No web apps, no frameworks — pure language experiments only.
  • Each experiment file should be self-contained and runnable independently.
  • Name experiments descriptively: floating_point_trap.py, mutable_default_gotcha.py, etc.
  • Every experiment must include comments explaining what's happening and why it's surprising.
  • Focus on behaviors that differ from other languages or defy common assumptions.
  • Run the experiments and capture actual output in INSIGHTS.md.
  • Never repeat an experiment or insight that already exists in the language folder.

Running Experiments

  • C: gcc -std=c17 -o /tmp/c_exp c/<file>.c && /tmp/c_exp
  • C++: g++ -std=c++17 -o /tmp/cpp_exp cpp/<file>.cpp && /tmp/cpp_exp
  • Go: go run go/<file>.go
  • Java: javac java/<file>.java -d /tmp/java_exp && java -cp /tmp/java_exp <ClassName>
  • JavaScript: node javascript/<file>.js
  • Kotlin: kotlinc kotlin/<file>.kt -include-runtime -d /tmp/kt_exp.jar && java -jar /tmp/kt_exp.jar
  • Python: python3 python/<file>.py
  • Ruby: ruby ruby/<file>.rb
  • Rust: rustc rust/<file>.rs -o /tmp/rust_exp && /tmp/rust_exp
  • Swift: swiftc swift/<file>.swift -o /tmp/swift_exp && /tmp/swift_exp
  • Other languages: use standard toolchain for that language.

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