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gorillascript
JavaScript2013–2014
ckknight / gorillascript

gorillascript

GorillaScript is a compile-to-JavaScript language designed to empower the user while attempting to prevent some common errors.

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What to know before exploring

What it is

GorillaScript is a compile-to-JavaScript language designed to empower the user while attempting to prevent some common errors.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2013-07-07 10:13:22 UTC to 2014-01-08 19:06:37 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsJul 12013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-08-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsSep 302013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJan 6

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

View mention counts and date ranges
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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jul 12013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC202
Jul 82013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 152013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 222013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 292013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 52013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 122013-08-12 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC101
Aug 192013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 262013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 22013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 92013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 162013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 232013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 302013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 72013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 142013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 212013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 282013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 42013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 112013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 182013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 252013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 22013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 92013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 162013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 232013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 302013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 62014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

4 sources
jashkenas·Aug 18, 2013
As CoffeeScript also went through this same process, bootstrapping itself away from an original Ruby-based compiler (at this moment: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/commit/6446e0004c...), Kal is now in some sense "two self-hosted steps" away from a "normal" language. That's pretty neat. GorillaScript (here: https://github.com/ckknight/gorillascript/tree/master/src), Coco (here: https://github.com/gkz/LiveScript/tree/master/src) et al, are also implemented in themselves. I hope that this trend of compile-to-JS languages tending to self-host continues.
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