Extending the scope of Gleam nearer the metal about suggestions HOT 1 OPEN

I would like to start by looking at micro Python. It is a version of Python that is capable of running on micro processors that doesn’t burden the user with any additional memory management work. It’s is obviously not as fast as C or Rust but for this kind of work the ergonomics are unparalleled.

Another thing to consider is that structural sharing data structures may not be possible in such an environment where everything (I presume) is on the stack. Research would need to be done into the limitations here, and how Gleam would work in a mutable world. I’m not entirely convinced that Gleam would be a very good language with mutable data structures and for loops.

Also prior art should probably include Rust as it is higher level than Zig or Nim yet has less runtime and so can be more widely used in embedded programming.

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