M0CUV, 7 months ago

@thelastpsion oh no, hope it gets better quickly.

thelastpsion, 7 months ago

@M0CUV Thank you! Almost back to normal now, just feeling a bit weak and not quite breathing normally yet.

thelastpsion, 7 months ago

My week (other than a small amount of remote $dayjob) has mostly been spent watching YouTube videos in one comfy chair, windows open to maintain fresh air.

Things I have learned:

• #NixOS looks like a beautiful double-edged sword
• #Debian Stable with #Distrobox looks like a usable solution
• #Kate has #Vi bindings
• I like the idea of #Zig more than I like the idea of #Rust (I haven't used either)
• I definitely can't write a #compiler yet
• I need a cheap mini wireless keyboard and trackpad

chrisg, 7 months ago

@thelastpsion I don't know about the rest, but I am pretty sure anyone can write a compiler. Just follow @munificent 's outstanding craftinginterpreters.com/

Before reading it, I thought compilers were black magic. After reading it, I still think that, but now I can sort of wield it.

M0CUV, 7 months ago

@chrisg @thelastpsion also check out Thorsten Ball’s books. https://media.pragprog.com/titles/tpdsl/static.pdf is excellent.

thelastpsion, 7 months ago

@M0CUV @chrisg It's definitely something I want to tackle in the future (I will recreate TopSpeed C 3.10 for modern OSes! 😂). But there are so many projects to work on and only one of me. Plus I'm sure someone else would do the job better and far quicker.

M0CUV, 7 months ago

@thelastpsion @chrisg this can be quite fun- I recreated a subset of Microsoft MASM for assembling Transputer eForth, which was quite a challenge; higher level languages would be harder - I have a few on my list :) Someone else may do it better and quicker, but you wouldn’t be having the fun then!