Ask HN: Are you programming on your holidays?

#1

Post by hoodoof » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:02 PM UTC

If yes, what are you building?

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#2

Post by edsiper2 » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:12 PM UTC

yeah!

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Post by sdegutis » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:15 PM UTC

Yep! Trying to write my very first programming language[1]. Aiming to have a legit GC (mark/sweep), a legit VM with bytecode (possibly stack-based to start out with), and familiar data types. Oh and I'm doing it entirely in C, because I have a special love/hate relationship with C that never seems to die. It's going slow, but very fun!

[1]: https://github.com/sdegutis/Paladin

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Post by oldgun » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:16 PM UTC

Yes. For fun. No serious projects though.

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Post by pvinis » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:17 PM UTC

yes. also advent of code, because i didnt have enough time earlier.

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Post by brianbarker » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:17 PM UTC

If I could get off HN, yes.

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Post by krat0sprakhar » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:18 PM UTC

sdegutis wrote: post #3

Yep! Trying to write my very first programming language[1]. Aiming to have a legit GC (mark/sweep), a legit VM with bytecode (possibly stack-based to start out with), and familiar data types. Oh and I'm doing it entirely in C, because I have a special love/hate relationship with C that never seems to die. It's going slow, but very fun! [1]: https://github.com/sdegutis/Paladin

Any resources that you're using to help you implement this? Looks cool!

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Post by dordoka » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:19 PM UTC

Yes, for fun and some serious stuff as well.

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#9

Post by garcore » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:19 PM UTC

everyday of my life!

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Post by fouric » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:20 PM UTC

Very much so. As a student, I have found that it is much easier to focus on my large personal projects in between terms, when I don't have homework and/or lectures every day to interrupt my coding sessions[1].

Edit: As for what I am building, I am working on a graphics editor written in Common Lisp, partially as a way to verify others' claims about Lisp's efficiency, and partially to see for myself how difficult it is.

[1]: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/190891/programmer_inte...