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Designing EYG: Balancing Purity and Usability
This chapter explores the development of EYG, a functional programming language that aims to simplify programming by abstracting machine-specific details. The discussion emphasizes the balance between maintaining functional purity and managing practical aspects like side effects and input/output operations. Furthermore, it addresses the intricacies of implementing effect types, interpreter architecture, and the implications of the Abstract Syntax Tree in managing side effects within programming.