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Life & fun · September 24, 2018

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Announcing Pure-C: A C back end for PureScript

Announcing Pure-C: A C back end for PureScript launched on September 24, 2018 with 11 votes, #850 of 2,635 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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Pure-C is a C back end for PureScript, a strongly typed functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript. This tool enables PureScript developers to compile their code to C instead, expanding the language's usability beyond web development to systems programming and other C-based environments. It is designed for developers who want to leverage PureScript's type system and functional paradigms while targeting C platforms and applications.

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