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Possible JavaScript port? #128

Closed MarketingPip closed 1 month ago

MarketingPip commented 1 month ago

Would it be possible to get this as a port to JavaScript or directly compiled to JavaScript so we can use it as ESM module?

tsjensen commented 1 month ago

You mean, theoretically? Sure! It would be pretty much the same effort as the original program (maybe a little more). But if you manage to have it pass the end-to-end test suite, I'll host it in the ascii-boxes group. 😄

MarketingPip commented 1 month ago

@tsjensen - no I mean like compile this directly to wasm etc.... So we can grab it via JS library or (re write from scratch in JS - other route to do this)

If rewriting is easier (I doubt - but would be lighter than WASM I would assume) you could possibly grab the cowsay library (ported to JS) to do a rewrite of this easily.

tsjensen commented 1 month ago

I see. Still. Sorry!

This question has become something of an FAQ, so I've added a longer answer there: https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/faq.html#q8