the thing about nodejs is that since you have access to the system theoretically you can metaprogram by editing the memory of the nodejs process
like if you wanted to you could edit the AST parser and have it accept perl-esque function calls
[stares out into a crowd of js programmers with just pure horror on their faces] haha wouldnt that be neat
@boots if you don't want to embrace the absurdity of existence and dive into the abyss why are you even writing javascript?
@boots How do you do JS in V8generally? I mean up until the perl thing thats really all I ever do with JS...
@boots 😨
everyone wants this and like its one of those things that like
even this is sorta horrifying to me