[Ericson2314]

Yes, we really really need to do this. It would be what LLVM was for compiler frontends (and thus languages) starting 15-20 years ago: a Cambrian explosion enabler.

[pjmlp]

LLVM might be the most sucessful one, but it hardly the first of its kind.

Here one famous one from early 1980s, there others to read about, for anyone into compiler tooling history,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Compiler_Kit

[Ericson2314]

Thanks, that is some nice history