confis

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   by confis 3mo ago

   thanks. i'm using it myself for a small kv server at the moment, so far.
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   by confis 3mo ago

   i just changed this in v0.2.7: the tiny compiler binary went from about 62 mb to about 16 mb by no longer embedding every target runtime inside the compiler. runtimes are downloaded and cached only when they are needed. for memory, i did a
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   by confis 3mo ago

   thanks, the jit is still pretty early, so i would not call the language complete yet. i started with a simple bytecode vm and built features on top of that one by one. keeping the scope practical helped a lot too, like using go for the runt
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   by confis 3mo ago

   yeah, i think an adhoc config management tool could be a good fit for tiny. i'm not really trying to say it beats go in general. if someone already likes writing go, go is probably the better choice for a lot of projects. the point of
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   by confis 3mo ago

   the niche I'm aiming for is small tools where I want a dynamic language but Go-like deployment. for example, a CLI app, an automation tool, a webview desktop app, a small HTTP server, etc... and can then be shipped as one executable wi
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   Show HN: Tiny – An interpeted dynamic langauge with inline Go native functions(github.com)

   41 points by confis 3mo ago|15 comments