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  1. Nov 2020
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    Why Is No One Writing Language Runtimes?
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    1. TylerRick 26 Nov 2020
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      The answer should be: you write a language that compiles to Go’s IR.
      describe the ideal hypothetical solution can we do even better? intermediate representation (IR) leverage the fact that tooling already exists the answer _should_ be
    2. TylerRick 25 Nov 2020
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      One important other option is using another programming language as your IR! If you can compile (or perhaps more accurately transpile) your language into C, then you can leverage gcc (or clang, etc) into compiling that all the way down into machine code.
      intermediate representation (IR) transpiling leverage the fact that tooling already exists
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