Mlatu is a statically typed concatenative programming language. It is purely functional with algebraic effects. It currently compiles to Rust but I may switch to Erlang.
I’d love any feedback or constructive criticism you guys have!
I've even felt this niche so underrepresented that I have been thinking about creating a language for it myself. So maybe you beat me to it, or rather I can look to you for some inspiration :p
Question: What made you chose to compile to Rust instead of to LLVM or something like that? Do you make use of the memory safety you gain this way in some interesting ways?
To be honest, I chose Rust because it was the most performant imperative language I know, not so much for its memory safety. I chose to transpile instead of generating LLVM because I wanted to focus on the frontend and type system more than the backend, and LLVM felt like it would get in the way more than enable it.
> "It currently compiles to Rust but I may switch to Erlang."
Why one or the other? Why not both? :)