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Re:Play: Statically typed Forth, compiled to WASM by carapace on Monday November 23, 2020 @03:18PM (#25191233)
> The compiler of Play is written in Elm.

Ooo la la! How was that?

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Re:Play: Statically typed Forth, compiled to WASM by Skinney on Monday November 23, 2020 @04:05PM (#25191880)
Quite pleasent :)

Compilers are really just pure functions of String -> String/Bytes, so a pure functional language is a pretty good fit.

Besides, I know Elm like the back of my hand. I’d probably write in Elm even if it was a poor fit.

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Re:Play: Statically typed Forth, compiled to WASM by carapace on Monday November 23, 2020 @06:36PM (#25193264)
Very interesting, thanks.

I'm working with Joy using Prolog and it's dreamy. I just started to work on a compiler (until I got sidetracked) so I'm going to read your code with interest. (I thought about WASM as a target but I'm not trying to make a real language.)

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