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Life & fun · April 25, 2018

Bad Language: A lisp-looking language with interpreter and JS compiler

A lisp-looking language with interpreter and compiler to JS - mcapodici/badlanguage

Bad Language: A lisp-looking language with interpreter and JS compiler launched on April 25, 2018 with 6 votes, #1,266 of 2,753 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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