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> I still think the world really needs a solid, immutable-first and functional-first scripting/glue language, and Crystal isn’t that. The author might be inter

> I still think the world really needs a solid, immutable-first and functional-first scripting/glue language, and Crystal isn’t that. The author might be interested in Roc [1] by Richard Feldman et al, which seems to check all the boxes, including scripting with type inference and glue with good FFI to other languages. It is still in early stage, though, since it is a very ambitious project. [1] https://www.roc-lang.org/ https://www.roc-lang.org/

bandauo 2y ago
It seems that Clojure ticks all this boxes
- lolinder 2y ago
  The JVM is a pretty heavy dependency for scripting/glue, if just for startup times.
  - vfclists 2y ago
    Babashka it when its done if it depends on libraries not in Babashka?
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- tomtheelder 2y ago
  JVM is a hard dealbreaker for a scripting/glue language.
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  - tincholio 2y ago
    See Babashka.
- rscho 2y ago
  ... or most Schemes/Racket
isaiasquality 2y ago
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