elixir_script
lumen
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0.0 | 5.4 | |
over 4 years ago | 7 months ago | |
Elixir | Rust | |
MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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elixir_script
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Angular without SSR is faster than Next.js with SSR. I have the data
I agree that there's room for a language that runs on the BEAM and also compiles to JS. Gleam looks great, and it's one of the up and coming languages that I'm rooting for. In addition to having a Javascript compile target, it's statically typed which is a prerequisite for me when it comes to productivity and correctness.
There was actually a developer working on a subset of Elixir that compiles to JS called Elixirscript[1], but development seems to have stalled. Another functional statically typed compile-to-js language which targets the BEAM vm is Purescript through the Purerl project [2].
If you're going to compile to JS though, there's an argument to be made that you might not want to target the BEAM at all. You could potentially run your entire backend on something like Cloudflare Workers, which has over 200 points of presence around the world, so latency is about as low as possible. The other CDNs have their own competing worker runtimes as well (e.g. Cloudfront functions, Netlify functions, etc.). These edge worker runtimes also have the benefit of not charging for each individual region in which you operate. You can also run any language which compiles to WASM like Rust, Assemblyscript, or Grain [3] on these edge runtimes. The only missing piece for me is a distributed database, but it looks like Cloudflare at least is working on that [4].
[1] https://github.com/elixirscript/elixirscript
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Erlscripten
— Elixirscript is a Elixir to Javascript transpiler with similar goals as our project. The main downside of Elixirscript is the lack of OTP support (Erlang’s main framework for building failsafe applications) — it works on a really small subset of the Elixir language and they need to rewrite the Elixir standard library in Javascript for it to work. In contrast we are OTP compatible — we transpiled the real Erlang standard library from OTP and distributed it open-source: https://github.com/erlscripten/erlps-stdlib ( Erlang Solutions ).
lumen
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Firefly – A new compiler and runtime for BEAM languages
There are details on this also: https://github.com/GetFirefly/firefly#runtime
Generally it should be assumed that actors and their concurrency model is fully supported as that is a part of the core semantics for BEAM languages.
- Firefly – an MLIR-based compiler and runtime for BEAM languages
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DockYard R&D: FireFly Optimizes Your Elixir Compilation
I think this project used to be called Lumen until pretty recently - https://github.com/GetFirefly/firefly
- Elixir – Phoenix LiveView Native
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Is there a way to create client-side interactivity like Vue or React with only Elixir?
Probably not a practical solution for what you are building now, but it's worth pointing out Lumen, an Erlang VM implementation that compiles to WebAssembly, and could one day enable Elixir on the frontend.
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You had a head start, Gopher, but you can't outrun this crab.
Another vector could be some tooling that makes it easy to run Go programs compiled to Wasm run inside of Wasmtime environment hosted in Rust. If we run the go tooling in the same system, one could point this tool at a Go repo and be running that Go in a matter of milliseconds. A fun feature would be running channels across separate Wasm envs. Or maybe use Lumen.
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If you were in charge of a startup tech stack, how would you use elixir to actually scale and make every work seamlessly?
Wish the Elixir WASM project -- Lumen -- were active. It seems like nothing much is happening on it.
What are some alternatives?
key_value_parser
wasmex - Execute WebAssembly from Elixir
ex_abnf - Parser for ABNF Grammars
lunatic - Lunatic is an Erlang-inspired runtime for WebAssembly
lex_luthor - Lexer in Elixir. Lexer in Elixir. Lexer in Elixir. Lexer in Elixir. Lexer in Elixir. Lexer in Elixir. Lexer in Elixir. Lexer in Elixir. Lexer in Elixir. Lexer in Elixir.
gleam - ⭐️ A friendly language for building type-safe, scalable systems!
purescript - A strongly-typed language that compiles to JavaScript
purerl - Erlang backend for the PureScript compiler
purescript - A strongly-typed language that compiles to JavaScript
Gradualizer - A Gradual type system for Erlang
abnf_parsec - ABNF in, parser out
lumen - A private Lumina server for IDA Pro