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I wrote a simple self-hosting compiler to showcase Niklaus Wirth's approach to writing compilers: https://github.com/lboasso/oberonc https://github.com/lboasso/
by lboasso 9y ago
I wrote a simple self-hosting compiler to showcase Niklaus Wirth's approach to writing compilers: https://github.com/lboasso/oberonc https://github.com/lboasso/oberonc
Single pass compilers have their advantages.
- sitkack 9y ago"The School of Niklaus Wirth" [0] contains this essay and many others on how simplicity can be an essential quality of a system. I vastly under appreciated how well Wirthian languages are designed, even after toying with the excellent offshoot, Modula3 [1]. In my youth I was too concerned with raw performance and syntax. In my old age I am concerned about semantics and maintainability. [0] https://www.amazon.com/School-Niklaus-Wirth-Art-Simplicity/dp/1558607234 https://www.amazon.com/School-Niklaus-Wirth-Art-Simplicity/d... [1] https://github.com/modula3/cm3 https://github.com/modula3/cm3
- lboasso 9y agoI own a copy of "The School of Niklaus Wirth" :) I really appreciate the pragmatism of Wirth's designs and his quest for simplicity.