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The original was posted on /r/programminglanguages by /u/BigBallsOnABaby on 2024-09-15 14:32:47+00:00.


While building my functional programming language, Theta, I ran into an interesting challenge: implementing closures and first-class functions in WebAssembly. WebAssembly doesn’t natively support these high-level concepts, so I had to get creative with techniques like lambda lifting, function references, and memory management.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the approach.

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