I have come to the conclusion that compiler writing is in my future. I have repeatedly told myself it's a terrible idea. I have even publicly said I'm not going to do it unless someone pays me a lot of money.
But the money won't happen. I know I'm going to do it anyway.
It's a next year problem. I have other projects to complete first, plus It'll take me at least that long to gain a fraction of the knowledge I need to start.
CTRAN was the start, and it gave me a tiny taste. I even liked it.
@thelastpsion if you’d like a collaborator, I’d be happy to help.. I’ve not written a C compiler before from scratch, but it has been on my transputer projects list, after finishing eForth, and alongside starting a new occam compiler. I have written a MASM6-ish transputer assembler, and you’ll need an assembler (and linker) as well. If you’d be happy to have it target both EPOC16/TopSpeed and transputer, wouldn’t mind learning Rust and fully TDDing it… ?
@M0CUV Thank you for asking! I'll have to let you know nearer the time. I've got other projects to finish and a lot to learn before I can even begin to think about starting this one.
@thelastpsion Sure, I have to at least get unstuck with my current radio project (nearly done, but have fallen down a study rabbit hole of Fast Fourier Transform) and get eForth out. I’ll need to build a Psion emulator & tool chain VM..
@thelastpsion … I’ve settled on Rust as my main language for all new projects other than quick-and-dirty projects that I use Perl for. If the JVM is a possibility, it’s Scala or Java (the transputer assembler is in Scala). Go, maybe, but it’s not on your target list (I’d want to add macOS too) . Full disclosure: I have a moderate idea of what’s involved, and have boundless naïve enthusiasm :) I’d also really like to collaborate on something as all my stuff so far has been solo.
@thelastpsion I hadn’t gone into it much, but I agree when she writes “You can implement the compiler in whatever language you like, but I’d recommend using a language with sum types and pattern matching like OCaml, Haskell, or Rust” (or Scala, but I’m itching to try the Rust “nom” parser combinator library)
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