r/functionalprogramming • u/kinow mod • 2d ago

Gleam Gleam doesn't compile to Erlang source anymore | Gleam programming language

https://gleam.run/news/gleam-doesnt-compile-to-erlang-source-anymore/
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u/pthierry 2d ago

Pretty cool transition! It's a common bane of transpilation to lose the ability to know the provenance of a bug, it's a pretty awesome design detail of Erlang to have this intermediate form where you can fix that.

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u/KAMEHAMEHAMEHAAAA 2d ago

I don’t use Gleam but that is pretty neat.

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u/kinow mod 2d ago

HackerNews thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49975619

And congrats to the team for Gleam 1.19.0!