OK so I think it's time to stop and note I'm installing Julia to learn about what decisions I want to make designing my own language.
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The experience of “getting started” is so important for a niche lang. Love what Elm does (uses interactive in-browser demos)
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I don't intend to use this language, I just want to evaluate it! iJulia is just so I can get a prompt to generate images
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Right right but imagine if you were a prospective user of Emily and this was what it was like to get started with Emily.
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Right exactly. That's exactly what I am thinking about here :(
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Thinking about the elm thing. I'm intending to let Emily software *compile to* js but REPL might require LLVM…