So, what’s the difference between . and emit? It seems both take a string and output it to the HTML of the page. If so I don’t see why that couldn’t be
where, I think, the idea is to always have the two strings consistent with each other. If so, why require the blog writer to do that conversion?
jng
LLM-based coding is enabling so much! The crazy weekend project now can have compilation to native code and web assembly, allow server-side or client-side rendering, manage multiple types of persistence, include adaptive compression, and do all of this without breaking a sweat.
It's scary but I love it.
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WorldMaker
> I like how weird it is. I might use it for my site, who knows?
If there's a place to use a weird and fun language it is certainly one's own personal blog. Sounds like a great opportunity, I think you should do it.
> Something like this:
> : h1 ( s -- ) "<h1>" emit . "</h1>" emit ;
> "Hello, World!" h1
So, what’s the difference between . and emit? It seems both take a string and output it to the HTML of the page. If so I don’t see why that couldn’t be
We also have: where, I think, the idea is to always have the two strings consistent with each other. If so, why require the blog writer to do that conversion?LLM-based coding is enabling so much! The crazy weekend project now can have compilation to native code and web assembly, allow server-side or client-side rendering, manage multiple types of persistence, include adaptive compression, and do all of this without breaking a sweat.
It's scary but I love it.
> I like how weird it is. I might use it for my site, who knows?
If there's a place to use a weird and fun language it is certainly one's own personal blog. Sounds like a great opportunity, I think you should do it.
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