MicroHs Dead or Alive?

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MicroHs now embeds base package into single binary so a standalone compiler+base runs (sample file 2.3 MB; compiler 440k, base saved ~800k) and recompiles itself in ~15 s without embedding, slower with embedding; installer is rewritten in Haskell and a precompiled, platform‑portable base uses LZMA. Toolchain targets microcontrollers and WebAssembly, with web interactive compiled to JS with terminal emulator and LLM‑generated demos. Runtime serializes functions and sends them over sockets — example: remote nfib 36 sent 89 bytes, returned 45 bytes, 3.9s local vs 2.5s remote. Hundreds of Hackage packages now build; MSVC2012+ CI supported.

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1. 0:00MicroHs state
2. 1:36Installing MicroHs
3. 3:36Embedding packages
4. 6:03MicroHs in browser
5. 12:03Portability and microcontrollers
6. 14:14Improved installer
7. 16:44Windows CI updates
8. 18:07Community packages
9. 20:16Serialization and remote
10. 23:49Why use MicroHs
11. 24:55Q&A

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