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Life & fun · June 28, 2025

A self-hosting compiler from WHILE to WebAssembly

Self-hosting compiler for minimalist WHILE to efficient WASM, written in WHILE. - while-self-compiler/compiler-pipeline

A self-hosting compiler from WHILE to WebAssembly launched on June 28, 2025 with 6 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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