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Monday, November 12, 2007
  Whoa


A self-interpreter. For Javascript.

Whoa.
 

Comments on “Whoa:
amusingly, the compilers class at Berkeley had an analogous assignment (JavaScript evaluator in JavaScript)
 
Isn't JSLint essentially a Javscript compiler written in Javascript as well?
 




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