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by purescript 2203 days ago
I'm curious why this isn't a backend for the existing PureScript compiler, since the front-end seems to be copy-paste identical?
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We really appreciate all the work Purescript has done. Hamler is still in the early stage of development. We have made some changes on the front-end to introduce some built-in Erlang data structures and syntax sugars, and we are planning on making more changes in the front-end. The initial plan of the language was for the company’s internal use and later we decided to make it open-source hoping to communicate better with the community.
I agree. And only mentioning PureScript as the "base" in one place on the webpage is not giving PureScript enough credit.