The goal for the core Urlang language is to be almost 1-to-1 with
JavaScript.
Therefore I haven't used any JavaScript libraries. As Dan's examples
shows (see urlang/urlang-examples) it is straightforward to use existing
JavaScript libraries.
There are a few predefined macros that one can optionall
On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Matthew Butterick wrote:
> When you put it that way, subjectively it still sounds good. I'd use it.
> But objectively I can't foresee that it would be a wise investment of
> anyone's Racket time. Let's face it: any web framework is lucky to live 5
> yrs before dev
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 5:56 AM, Daniel Prager
wrote:
> Awesomely, Jens has been working on Urlang: a Racket-ish syntax for
> JavaScript, using the nanopass compiler infrastructure:
>
> https://github.com/soegaard/urlang
>
> and more ambitiously, a Racket (subset) ->JavaScript compiler (rjs),
> t
When you put it that way, subjectively it still sounds good. I'd use it. But
objectively I can't foresee that it would be a wise investment of anyone's
Racket time. Let's face it: any web framework is lucky to live 5 yrs before
developers tire of it and move onto the next thing, or browser chang
> On Mar 16, 2016, at 5:56 AM, Daniel Prager wrote:
>
> Awesomely, Jens has been working on Urlang: a Racket-ish syntax for
> JavaScript, using the nanopass compiler infrastructure:
>
> https://github.com/soegaard/urlang
Looks very cool. I’ll use this the next time I write JS code.
Thanks!
> and more ambitiously, a Racket (subset) ->JavaScript compiler (rjs), taking a
> distinct approach from Whalesong.
The short answer: +1
The longer: I am no fan of JavaScript, which I consider a brain-eating virus.
[1] But IMO the "frameworkification" of JS has made it even worse. Yes, the
wh
Matthew writes:
> The idea of a subset of Racket that compiles to this kind of
statistically probable subset of JS is very appealing.
Agreed. The way Jens has split it up is that Urlang is a thin, cleaned-up
Racket-ish syntax for ES5, with a bit of sugar and a macro capability.
Then there's rjs,
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