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Is it statically typed?

Cyberdog 4y ago
No: https://wren.io/try/?code=G4QwTgBAZg9jEF4ICIBG5kChbyQFgCZMBlATwGcAXAUwFsA6ABzAEsA7SgChwEog https://wren.io/try/?code=G4QwTgBAZg9jEF4ICIBG5kChbyQFgCZMBl...
IshKebab 4y ago
I have yet to find any nice easy "normal" (like Typescript or Dart) statically typed languages that can be easily embedded. In the Rust space there's Gluon which is statically typed but has a really weird syntax and is functional, and there's Rhai which is really quite nice but dynamically typed. I guess static type checking is probably more work on its own than writing an entire dynamically typed language.
- goodpaul6 4y ago
  I’m currently working on Tiny [0], a small statically typed programming languages which is even more minimal than Wren. [0] https://github.com/goodpaul6/Tiny https://github.com/goodpaul6/Tiny
  - IshKebab 4y ago
    Looks interesting. How is the type just `array` in that example though? Doesn't it have to be an array of something?
    - goodpaul6 4y ago
      Interestingly, given the minimal core of the language, arrays are not built in (this is something I'm looking to change, of course). As such, the "array" type is just an opaque type exposed via the C binding API. Given that there are no generics at the moment, this array API works with "any" values (similar to "any" in e.g. TypeScript).
  - fm77 4y ago
    Very interesting! BTW: I think I found a typo: "MATCH2("+=", PERCENTEQUAL);" — should be "%=" ??
    - goodpaul6 4y ago
      Thanks! Just fixed this. Seems the "%=" operator is less useful than I thought.
- 10000truths 4y ago
  Have you checked out AngelScript? https://www.angelcode.com/angelscript/ https://www.angelcode.com/angelscript/
  - IshKebab 4y ago
    Oh yeah I always forget about this. I had seen it but it feels a bit archaic. Also it completely fails the "examples on the home page" litmus test.
- npage97 4y ago
  In the lua realm, there is teal. It is very much like a typescript for lua https://github.com/teal-language/tl https://github.com/teal-language/tl
- pitaj 4y ago
  There's mun [1] which is statically typed and AOT compiled. 1: https://github.com/mun-lang/mun https://github.com/mun-lang/mun
  - IshKebab 4y ago
    That has no mention of embedding in its description and has LLVM as a dependency so I assume it isn't easy. Looks like a decent language though.
- born-jre 4y ago
  What about just embedding WASM vm then languages like assemblyscript and c/c++,rust,zig,go can target it ?

No: https://wren.io/try/?code=G4QwTgBAZg9jEF4ICIBG5kChbyQFgCZMBlATwGcAXAUwFsA6ABzAEsA7SgChwEog https://wren.io/try/?code=G4QwTgBAZg9jEF4ICIBG5kChbyQFgCZMBl...

IshKebab 4y ago

I have yet to find any nice easy "normal" (like Typescript or Dart) statically typed languages that can be easily embedded. In the Rust space there's Gluon which is statically typed but has a really weird syntax and is functional, and there's Rhai which is really quite nice but dynamically typed. I guess static type checking is probably more work on its own than writing an entire dynamically typed language.

goodpaul6 4y ago
I’m currently working on Tiny [0], a small statically typed programming languages which is even more minimal than Wren. [0] https://github.com/goodpaul6/Tiny https://github.com/goodpaul6/Tiny
- IshKebab 4y ago
  Looks interesting. How is the type just `array` in that example though? Doesn't it have to be an array of something?
  - goodpaul6 4y ago
    Interestingly, given the minimal core of the language, arrays are not built in (this is something I'm looking to change, of course). As such, the "array" type is just an opaque type exposed via the C binding API. Given that there are no generics at the moment, this array API works with "any" values (similar to "any" in e.g. TypeScript).
- fm77 4y ago
  Very interesting! BTW: I think I found a typo: "MATCH2("+=", PERCENTEQUAL);" — should be "%=" ??
  - goodpaul6 4y ago
    Thanks! Just fixed this. Seems the "%=" operator is less useful than I thought.
10000truths 4y ago
Have you checked out AngelScript? https://www.angelcode.com/angelscript/ https://www.angelcode.com/angelscript/
- IshKebab 4y ago
  Oh yeah I always forget about this. I had seen it but it feels a bit archaic. Also it completely fails the "examples on the home page" litmus test.
npage97 4y ago
In the lua realm, there is teal. It is very much like a typescript for lua https://github.com/teal-language/tl https://github.com/teal-language/tl
pitaj 4y ago
There's mun [1] which is statically typed and AOT compiled. 1: https://github.com/mun-lang/mun https://github.com/mun-lang/mun
- IshKebab 4y ago
  That has no mention of embedding in its description and has LLVM as a dependency so I assume it isn't easy. Looks like a decent language though.
born-jre 4y ago
What about just embedding WASM vm then languages like assemblyscript and c/c++,rust,zig,go can target it ?