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[bug#61243] Add WASM-4 fantasy console and prerequisites
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Christine Lemmer-Webber |
Subject: |
[bug#61243] Add WASM-4 fantasy console and prerequisites |
Date: |
Fri, 03 Feb 2023 07:48:37 -0500 |
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"Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> This set of 4 patches adds WASM-4 (https://wasm4.org/), a fantasy
> console that runs game "cartridges" compiled to WebAssembly. It's a
> fun way to learn about WebAssembly using a relatively simple system.
> I've seen a WASM-4 game that was assembled using Racket, which I
> thought was pretty neat. It would be even cooler if someone did
> something like that with Guile!
Wouldn't it be cool indeed? I wonder if we can see progress on this in
Guile-land? Maybe someone should take up the torch for the Guile and
WASM story.
> Packaging this thing was not exactly straightforward due to dependency
> bundling via git submodules, but I was able to unbundle everything.
Impressive! This doesn't look like it was easy to figure out.
I reviewed all four patches. Despite some custom stuff on most of
these, they all look well commented and sensible. I say push it!
- Christine