It is not a fork, it started as fork to save time, but targets/focus on node and will diverge from Elm.
I don't understand. How does that make it not a fork?
Gren – an Elm fork
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Re: Gren – an Elm fork
#12It is not a fork, it started as fork to save time, but targets/focus on node and will diverge from Elm.
I don't understand. How does that make it not a fork?
It's a type of a fork but not the kind someone would expect after reading the headline.
The FAQ has a similar description, but doesn't make the assertion that it's not a fork, which I disagree with:
> Gren started as a fork of Elm. This is mostly considered to be an implementation detail, a way to speed up initial development.
> It's not a goal of Gren to replace, or stay compatible in any way with, Elm.
https://gren-lang.org/book/faq.html#what-is-the-relationship...
Re: Gren – an Elm fork
#13Does it support pattern matching with negative numbers?
Re: Gren – an Elm fork
#14Obligatory https://iselmdead.info/
Gotta love the cult of personality
Re: Gren – an Elm fork
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't understand. How does that make it not a fork?
It's a type of a fork but not the kind someone would expect after reading the headline. The FAQ has a similar description, but doesn't make the assertion that it's not a fork, which I disagree with: > Gren started as a fork of Elm. This is mostly considered to be an implementation detail, a way to speed up initial development. > It's not a goal of Gren to replace, or stay compatible in any way with, Elm. https://gren…
A fork is a fork. If Elm development was open to the community and the author could’ve just added Node support to Elm do you think Gren would exist?
Re: Gren – an Elm fork
#16Did they get rid of the whitelist of projects allowed to use native code ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22821447 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17842400 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16510267 )?
Even worse, it checks the git history to make sure that...
- There are no changes since HEAD
- The commit is signed by Robin himself
...and for those interested in the code that does this
https://github.com/gren-lang/compiler/blob/main/builder/src/...
Re: Gren – an Elm fork
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a type of a fork but not the kind someone would expect after reading the headline. The FAQ has a similar description, but doesn't make the assertion that it's not a fork, which I disagree with: > Gren started as a fork of Elm. This is mostly considered to be an implementation detail, a way to speed up initial development. > It's not a goal of Gren to replace, or stay compatible in any way with, Elm. https://gren…
A fork is a fork. If Elm development was open to the community and the author could’ve just added Node support to Elm do you think Gren would exist?
I think not, but only based on chaos theory. The author of Gren wouldn't be nearly as fulfilled though.
Re: Gren – an Elm fork
#18Beautiful!
Maintaining a fork of Elm open to development is a big commitment. But one that will be well received by many.
I look forward to trying it.
Re: Gren – an Elm fork
#19Did they get rid of the whitelist of projects allowed to use native code ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22821447 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17842400 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16510267 )?
Even worse, it checks the git history to make sure that... - There are no changes since HEAD - The commit is signed by Robin himself ...and for those interested in the code that does this https://github.com/gren-lang/compiler/blob/main/builder/src/...
Re: Gren – an Elm fork
#20Did they get rid of the whitelist of projects allowed to use native code ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22821447 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17842400 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16510267 )?
Even worse, it checks the git history to make sure that... - There are no changes since HEAD - The commit is signed by Robin himself ...and for those interested in the code that does this https://github.com/gren-lang/compiler/blob/main/builder/src/...
lol, what did they smoke to think that's reasonable?!