Lys, a language that compiles to WebAssembly

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Other than supporting (and requiring?) in-line WASM, what makes this language WebAssembly-specific?

Kudos on providing language examples right away.

Is Lys pronounced as in "bliss" or "Lice" ?

Probably "Lee". At least in French it would be pronounced that way, Fleur de Lys. (flur de lee)

Here it suggests you should pronounce the s: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/fl...

It's great to see a language named after a mythical city in Arthur C. Clarke's "Beyond the Fall of Night".

Or possibly the river in Belgium & France.

Not sure if you are being facetious but based on the emoji in the description I'm assuming the name is refering to the flower (lily in english).

Fleur de Lys is an old symbol of French royalty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur-de-lys

An island in game of thrones as well

Is compiler effectively a bunch of javascript running on a re-purposed browser engine?

Looks like TypeScript running on Node, yes. Is there a problem with that? A compiler is essentially a pure function from one string to another. You can write that in almost any system.

Well, it's slow. But that should be a problem for a later time.

Agreed. With first passes ay a project, better to get it up in the air first. The Wright brothers didn't start by making a 737.

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