Show HN: Tiny – An interpeted dynamic langauge with inline Go native functions

 (github.com)

27 points | by confis 4 hours ago

3 comments

  • drunken_thor 1 hour ago
    What a great accomplishment! How did you manage to complete a JIT language in 2 months!?
  • sigmonsays 1 hour ago
    this is interesting, i'm wondering if it can beat just installing go though.

    I think it'd be interesting to build a adhoc config mgmt system w/ this and use it as a high level scripting language.

  • d3Xt3r 3 hours ago
    What's the use-case here? Where and why would one use Tiny instead of just using Go (or something else like Python)?
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    • graemep 3 hours ago
      Faster development with an interpreted dynamic language with performance boosts from the JIT and inline Go.

      You can do similar things in other languages but not AFAIK as a built in feature. You can have in line C innTCL

    • confis 3 hours 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 without asking the user to install the runtime on their machine or manage packages