Post #2551722
2026-04-16 04:44 UTC
@nnethercote@mas.to
"our new language inspired by a potpourri of languages and implemented using a bespoke compiler written in OCaml is totally gonna support tail calls, it'll be amazing"
[language gets rewritten to depend on LLVM and slowly adopts various C++isms because LLVM doesn't support anything else]
"so, implementing tail calls turns out to be really hard"
Replies (2)
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@pmmeurcatpics@ieji.de 2026-04-16 06:58
@zwarich@hachyderm.io @nnethercote@mas.to which C++isms? 👀
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@wingo@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 07:08
@zwarich@hachyderm.io @nnethercote@mas.to realtalk i am hoping wasm will be a forcing function here 😅