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| @@ -50,6 +59,9 @@ Another disadvantage of eDSLs is that it is harder, compared to the other two ap | |||
| This stems from the nature of eDSLs, which are libraries that construct and manipulate ASTs. | |||
| Since they do not have direct access to the host language's ASTs, it can be challenging to retrieve information related to the source code, such as variable names, module names and code locations. | |||
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| Lastly, eDSLs often cannot leverage the host language's existing library ecosystem. | |||
| Again, using an eDSL involves constructing and manipulating ASTs rather than writing regular programs, which means many existing libraries would be inapplicable. | |||
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But it's very similar to what we have in Plinth? We have to reimplement everything to make sure it's Plinth-compatible and not just Haskell.
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Yes but this is more particular to Plinth/Haskell than a general limitation of that type of language. As I said in the footnote, "This statement is not entirely true for Plutus Tx, a subset of Haskell. Due to certain GHC-specific technical limitations, it can't easily reuse many functions and operations from the base library, so it ships with its own standard library instead."
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Yeah, fair enough, I just do what I do best: unproductive nitpicking. Sorry!
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Adding some more content and arguments.