alt Hacker News> So, while this experiment excites me, it also leaves me feeling uneasy. Building this compiler has been some of the most fun I’ve had recently, but I did not expect this to be anywhere near possible so early in 2026
What? Didn’t cursed lang do something similar like 6 or 7 months ago? These bombastic marketing tactics are getting tired.
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jsnell • yesterday at 7:55 PM
No? That was a frontend for a toy language calling using LLVM as the backend. This is a totally self-contained compiler that's capable of compiling the Linux kernel. What's the part that you think is similar?
Do you not see the difference between a toy language and a clean room implementation that can compile Linux, QEMU, Postgres, and sqlite? (No, it doesn't have the assembler and linker.)
That's for $20,000.