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kvthweatt
tl;dr it’s what C++ should have been change my mind
fjfaase
How far are you from self hosting it? Assuming that that is a goal? (I am currently working on a small, probably incomplete, C compiler.)

Edit: spelling

kvthweatt
It’s getting very close. I’m currently implementing the reduced specification to get the base language. After that, depending on how much help I get, I may implement more before bootstrapping.

Not gonna lie tho I don’t know shit about compiler theory but seeing how LLVM works I think I can do it.

kvthweatt
As of a few hours ago, all LLVM codegen methods have been implemented for the base language!

There are still issues here and there, namely with parsing.

Anyone can begin writing Flux programs and compile them.