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jank is C++

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252 points Jeaye | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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YuriNiyazov ◴[11 Jul 25 22:20 UTC] No.44537353[source]▶
A long long time ago, at ClojureConj 2014, I asked Rich Hickey whether a cpp-based clojure was possible, and his answer was "well, the primary impediment there is a lack of a garbage collector". There were a lot of conversations going on at the same time, so I didn't get an opportunity to "delve" into it, but:

1. does that objection make sense? 2. How does jank approach that hurdle.

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1. Jeaye ◴[11 Jul 25 23:11 UTC] No.44537731[source]▶
A GC is nowhere near the most difficult part of this. In 2014, there was no viable technology for JIT compiling C++, and very little technology for JIT compiling native code in general.