If I created a brand new programming language today, I'd be very tempted to write a bootstrap compiler in JS.
This would make it much easier to provide web playgrounds for people to write small programs and play with the language.
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If I ever bootstrap a self hosting language, I'd be really tempted to do it in JS or TS.
Not only are JS runtimes widely available, but it'd be way easier to do in-browser playgrounds!
Swift Playgrounds is an incredible live programming experience. It's also one of the few apps exploring a tablet based IDE.
Is Docker appropriate for programming playgrounds? E.g. rust uses it https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-playpen but sec people say
