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Re: Learn C and build your own Lisp

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Post by sanxiyn » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 1:49 PM UTC

swah wrote: post #14

Would tcc be good enough a compiler for this? Its very easy to install on Windows compared to Mingw/cygwin etc.

Yes.

Re: Learn C and build your own Lisp

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Post by orangeduck » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 1:49 PM UTC

ilbe wrote: post #38

Wow, very timely, yesterday I needed to brush up on C and was wondering how I would go about it. Thanks. Very minor note: the link to "Learn C the Hard Way" on the faq page links back to the faq page.

Thanks. I've fixed the link.

Re: Learn C and build your own Lisp

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Post by osho » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 1:50 PM UTC

Can i get an pdf/epub version of this book?

Re: Learn C and build your own Lisp

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Post by jafaku » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 1:52 PM UTC

JasonFruit wrote: post #23

If I decided to work through this, and thought it was really good, I'd be unable to make a donation because I don't dabble in cryptocurrencies. Why not make donating "real" money possible, as well?

It's called "fiat", not "real".

Re: Learn C and build your own Lisp

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Post by zafka » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 1:54 PM UTC

Very Cool, I don't want to spend much time here now as I am at work......, but I love the concept. I have been using C for almost twenty years, and I think this would be a fun check.

Re: Learn C and build your own Lisp

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Post by crnixon » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 1:57 PM UTC

Is the source of the text on GitHub or elsewhere? I'd love to send pull requests for some of the things mentioned in these comments, like magic numbers not being in constants.

Re: Learn C and build your own Lisp

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Post by zafka » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 1:59 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #17

Please don't. Rather pick something like "Compiler Construction" from Niklaus Wirth and learn how to write compilers using memory safe system programming languages. http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/CBEAll.pdf

Perhaps you could suggest your favorite method as an alternative? If I get to know you, i might change my opinion, but from the little I know I would suggest you avoid a career in teaching.

Re: Learn C and build your own Lisp

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Post by orangeduck » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 2:03 PM UTC

crnixon wrote: post #46

Is the source of the text on GitHub or elsewhere? I'd love to send pull requests for some of the things mentioned in these comments, like magic numbers not being in constants.

Hi crnxion. The source can be found here: https://github.com/orangeduck/BuildYourOwnLisp

I welcome corrections/edits.

Re: Learn C and build your own Lisp

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Post by JasonFruit » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 2:05 PM UTC

jafaku wrote: post #44

JasonFruit wrote: post #23

If I decided to work through this, and thought it was really good, I'd be unable to make a donation because I don't dabble in cryptocurrencies. Why not make donating "real" money possible, as well?

It's called "fiat", not "real".

Not all non-cryptocurrencies are fiat currency.

Re: Learn C and build your own Lisp

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Post by lispm » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 2:05 PM UTC

Fine to implement something. But I would wish that the language implemented actually looks like Lisp or Scheme.

Currently this claims to be Lisp, but it is some strange version of it.

Using a Scheme or Lisp has a lot of advantages:

* one can compare it with other actually working implementations

* there is already a wealth of material to learn from or where code could be reused

* many books exist

* the language actually has already got some thought

A good example is the book on Scheme 9:

http://www.t3x.org/s9book/index.html