[Languages] Make Tolk section standalone and prepare to disband the Languages section #1966
Description
What now?
What is to be achieved by this issue:
Tolk language [recommended]
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Other languages
TL-B
FunC
Fift
Tact [deprecated]
TL-B, FunC, Fift, and Tact pages will receive a new callout or an extension of existing ones, explaining the planned changes (i.e., the end goal).
What is the end goal?
In mid-April, the sidebar will transform:
Tolk language (no recommendation, since it stands out as is)
...
...
Blockchain fundamentals
TL-B
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Legacy languages
FunC
Fift
Contribute
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Apart from the sidebar, many internal links will change, redirects will change, etc.
Why?
- Tact had a fiery run, but it's time to sweep the ashes. o7.
- Tolk is the one and only language for smart contracts on TON going forward. Plus, it'll receive a pretty comprehensive toolkit quite soon. We need to prepare users for picking Tolk already.
- TL-B is fundamental to how TON deals with data, so its removal or deprecation is out of the question. Thus, it can only be moved to "Blockchain foundations".
- FunC and Fift can only be marked as legacy, and placed somewhere low — between "Blockchain foundations" and "Contribute" (-ing).
Extra considerations
We cannot remove FunC and Fift until:
- Tolk is audited,
- Tolk has its own backend,
- system and important ecosystem contracts are written in Tolk,
- understanding of TON (past and present) does not require dealing with FunC or Fift.
That is to say, FunC and Fift will at best be moved to blockchain fundamentals in a legacy subsection (or into their own section at the very bottom of the sidebar) and get reduced number of mentions. Neither of them will be removed from the documentation.