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> Pedantically correct syntax parsing (list, script and expressions), to the extent possible in Javascript. What does that mean? If it's possible to write x86

> Pedantically correct syntax parsing (list, script and expressions), to the extent possible in Javascript. What does that mean? If it's possible to write x86 that runs linux in JavaScript, why is it not possible to write a parser?

williadc 11y ago
Because Tcl allows things like this: set foo set $foo bar baz
- sokoloff 11y ago
  esailija was making the point that a greater extent is possible, by emulating x86, booting Linux into it, and running full-blown tcl in that. (It's technically correct, the best kind of correct.)