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Indeed, almost the entire pitch reads like a recapitulation of the pitch for Terra 10 years ago. There are a few different design choices, but discussion of Ter
by jrk 4y ago
Indeed, almost the entire pitch reads like a recapitulation of the pitch for Terra 10 years ago. There are a few different design choices, but discussion of Terra is a striking omission from the FAQ.
- stefanos82 4y agoI already asked this question exactly 2 years ago: https://github.com/edubart/nelua-lang/discussions/51 https://github.com/edubart/nelua-lang/discussions/51
- eggy 4y agoDo you agree with edubart's runtime vs. compile time distinctions between Nelua and Terra? I was interested in Terra a while back, but it didn't seem to get a lot of traction. This three-year-old critique put the nail in the coffin for me: https://erikmcclure.com/blog/a-rant-on-terra/ https://erikmcclure.com/blog/a-rant-on-terra/
- nerpderp82 4y agoThat was somewhat of an entertaining read. > Terra is C if you replaced the preprocessor with Lua. This is what is written on the tin. PUC made there own version of Terra Pallene http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/docs/Gualandi-2020-SCP.pdf http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/docs/Gualandi-2020-SCP.pd... https://github.com/pallene-lang/pallene https://github.com/pallene-lang/pallene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3inzGGFefg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3inzGGFefg This is a good writeup on all the Alt-Luas https://injuly.in/blog/gsoc/ https://injuly.in/blog/gsoc/