STsteveklabnik·Jul 13, 2016
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5 sourcesI really like how the parser is implemented [1]. Very straightforward and readable even to a Rust amateur like I am.
Are there any more open source languages of similar nature, using Rust?
1. https://github.com/Marwes/gluon/tree/master/parser/src
In Gluon: A static, type inferred and embeddable language written in RustThis is an impressive effort!
It seems that Gluon has taken inspiration from Haskell right down to the monadic solution to mutable state: https://github.com/Marwes/gluon/blob/master/std/state.glu
I wasn't able to find any 'cell' type or mutable records like in OCaml, so this does seem to be a pure language -- is that right? I wonder how that works in practice for small embedded scripts/logic -- my intuition is that the discipline enforced by monadic types and purity is really great at large scale but can be frustrating when you just want to hack something together.
Anyway, it would be interesting to see typical use-cases for Gluon!
In Gluon: A static, type inferred and embeddable language written in RustThis is VERY well thought out, https://github.com/Marwes/gluon/blob/master/TUTORIAL.md#embe...
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