I quit my job to write my own language: Goby
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Goby is a new language with a VM and compiler modeled on Ruby 1.9 and a runtime that already includes file and HTTP libraries plus a working web server; development follows the Monkey book then shifts toward Ruby-like semantics. Native extension support uses a plugin system that generates Go .so files and assigns C pointers into Goby objects (Linux only today). The compiler resolves unused-expression issues by emitting extra pop/hop instructions rather than complex flow analysis. Project reaches v0.1 with outside contributors; development prompted quitting a job to work full time.
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