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pera on Aug 2, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Brief History of the BEAM Compiler

Was Elm originally implemented in OCaml? I thought it was Haskell.

Another two relatively popular languages implemented in Haskell are Idris and Agda.

specializeded on Aug 2, 2018 | [–]

They might have meant ReasonML, both it and Elm interop w/ JS

https://github.com/facebook/reason

afrisch on Aug 2, 2018 | | [–]

I could have added reasonml to the list indeed, but reasonml really is (a different syntax for) ocaml.

Shoop on Aug 2, 2018 | | [–]

Elm is still implemented in Haskell. Self-hosting isn't a goal.

afrisch on Aug 2, 2018 | [–]

Yes sorry, Elm is indeed implemented in Haskell.

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