what would be the most fun language to write random parts of a compiler in
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my first thoughts are:
• Rust
• ML
• Idris 2
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oh no
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jokies aside, rust is fun, but does require a bit of effort to keep things manageable when working with tree stuff - sadly it's challenging to pattern match through smart pointers/vecs at the moment.
nanopass for scheme and racket looks super neat - just wish it had types 😅
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wish there was some nifty way to do a nanopass like thing with forth, then you get some hyperbootstrapping powers or something
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