Add Effekt language support#7916
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.effekt isn't quite there for our usage requirements, but doesn't appear to be far off, hence adding the "Pending popularity" label.
.effekt.md is a very very long way off and it's inclusion in this PR will block merging until it meets our requirements. The samples are also too big… if the file is suppressed in the diff, it's too big. I recommend removing "Literate Effekt" for now and submit a PR later when it meets our usage requirements.
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Add Effekt language support with
.effektextension and its literate variant with the.effekt.mdextension.Description
This PR adds support for Effekt as a new programming language in Linguist. Effekt is a research language with lexical effect handlers and lightweight effect polymorphism. Being in active development since over 5 years, by now it amounted to considerable research contributions as well as adoption in projects experimenting with effects and handlers.
I believe that the current interest in the language as well as its adoption is enough to meet Linguist's requirements. Literate Effekt via
.effekt.mdof course does not match the adoption of.effekt.Checklist:
inference.effekt: probabilistic inferenceparser.effekt: lexer + parser#83488d.effektexclusively.