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Re:Show HN: Whack – A simply-designed compiled programming l... by rurban on Monday October 29, 2018 @01:47PM (#18329473)
With mpc you can support macros, adding better macro definitions at compile-time, not just primitive cpp-style replacements. This would be definitely a game changer.
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Re:Show HN: Whack – A simply-designed compiled programming l... by wycliffb on Monday October 29, 2018 @02:53PM (#18330146)
Will definitely follow up on this. Maybe we could support DSLs while at it?
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Re:Show HN: Whack – A simply-designed compiled programming l... by rurban on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @11:30AM (#18337511)
Yes, a bit like perl6 grammars. Just performant.
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Re:Show HN: Whack – A simply-designed compiled programming l... by lizmat on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @01:04PM (#18338829)
And immutable? Aka, you could not create a DSL that would allow you to create other DSL inside of it?
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