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Artichoke is a Ruby made with Rust that compiles to WebAssembly

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Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
3
submitters
3
observed span
2019–2022
peak thread · 53 comments
327 pts
latest 20+ return · 2021-01-01
327 pts

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2007–2026

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Hi folks, Artichoke author here. I mostly post project updates on Twitter. Here's a selection of some cool things I've been working on recently: - https://twitter.com/artichokeruby/status/1339581223119679493 - https://twitter.com/artichokeruby/status/1339578582222266368 - https://twitter.com/artichokeruby/status/1332772105126105089 - https://twitter.com/artichokeruby/status/1332880679655247872

This is a great idea but why would it be called anything other than Jasper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper It doesn't get closer to a Ruby made with Rust than that...

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
563

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Total comments
102

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2019-08-04Artichoke – A Ruby made with RustFirst breakoutashton31423453
2021-01-01Artichoke is a Ruby made with Rust that compiles to WebAssemblyBest thread · Latest 20+ point returnibraheemdev32749
2022-04-21Artichoke is a Ruby made with Rusttosh20