gokernel

Intro

A very simple kernel that is currently made to run specifically with VS Code notebook API. It takes in a cell that has been executed from the notebook, figures out what cell has been has been executed and changed, creates a main.go file in a temporary directory and runs it, taking only the outputs from the executing cell and returning the results to VS Code.

The benefits of compilation instead of using an interpreter are:

• 1 to 1 with compiled Go code
• Many programs will run faster (0.2s for small programs)
• Things like rerunnning a cell that declares a variable work without issue
• Much greater simplicity, 0 external dependencies