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        1. i have a read-analyze-print-loop working in my F# rewrite of jn. dont tell the dynamic types mafia but i am *really* enjoying the ML-style type system and pattern matching. i've even encoded invalid states and incomplete work (TODOs) in the type system!
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        F# really does what it says on the tin. the resulting code is amazingly terse and much more robust than my C# equivalent. here's the code to recognize, destructure and analyze jn's special forms, barely 60 SLOC and very communicative as to its intent.
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      as with anything there are tradeoffs. this code is very closed compared to what i had built in C#. adding a special form means editing the source of this file, whereas in my first draft dispatch was more dynamic and it was easier to extend from the outside.
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    thats fine for something rigid like the internals a compiler, but i imagine there are other applications where the closed nature of pattern matching would be disqualifying.
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      im having a blast in any case! next steps: finish porting the analyzer and start porting the bytecode generator (my favorite bit) ✌🏽
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