Why Making a Programming Language is Awesome
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Builds a working language called Wake that compiles to JavaScript and emphasizes type-safe with optional variable names and testability; implements generics, closures and type inference so array methods like filter any sort run and unit tests pass on every build. The compiler includes lexer parser semantic analyzer codegen and a dependency-injection requirement for testability. The project has four contributors so far, including a major contributor with no professional programming experience, and ongoing work focuses on JavaScript interoperability which is partially finished and usable.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 2:04Most Professional Programmers
- 4:50PL Infrastructure
- 13:13A Big Boy Language
- 18:49Interfacing Better With Javascript
- 26:06The algorithm
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