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I managed to get Hypatia, an Elm and PureScript like typed Functional Programming language that compiles to Lua, running in Roblox. Roblox is a 3D game engine that has a ton of already built games and editor where games are built in Lua. My kids spend way too much time and our money in it. I couldn’t get Amulet, another similar language, too compile, but Hypatia “spoke to me” more. Advent of Code 2020 this year taught me dealing with no types and race conditions is painful. I really wanted to explore what other language options there are that compile to Lua.

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