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To be frank, the src/ folder is the compiler for Mirth written in Mirth, so there's your example code. However, I do agree that a quick introduction would not b

To be frank, the src/ folder is the compiler for Mirth written in Mirth, so there's your example code. However, I do agree that a quick introduction would not be out of place.

garmaine 7y ago
True, and that would be a good thing for the README to emphasize. It's mentioned, but in passing. But even so, I know I'd like a good reference of what primitive operations are, the type system, and what's provided by the Prelude.
paulddraper 7y ago
But the first thing I want to about C is not a compiler written in C. That's an unfriendly intro to almost any language. I want to see a procedure call, "Hello world" I/O, some math or string manipulation, and how to run that myself. After that I can look at compiler sources.
- edejong 7y ago
  LISP is a notable exception. Btw, I do believe a compiler should be one of the examples of a new language.
  - garmaine 7y ago
    FWIW, concatinative languages are even simpler than Lisp.
  - bogdanoff_2 7y ago
    Are you saying that lisps are an exception to needing to see some small examples at first when looking at a new language? Why do you think they're an exception?
    - edejong 7y ago
      In LISP-like languages a compiler/interpeter is a simple example.
      - kazinator 7y ago
        https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/tree/master/src/compiler https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/tree/master/src/compiler Doesn't look simple to me. This one is in one file, but more than half a megabyte of code spanning close to 12000 lines: https://github.com/clisp-lang/clisp/blob/master/src/compiler.lisp https://github.com/clisp-lang/clisp/blob/master/src/compiler... The Emacs Lisp byte compiler also doesn't look like a good small example for neophytes: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/emacs-l...

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To be frank, the src/ folder is the compiler for Mirth written in Mirth, so there's your example code. However, I do agree that a quick introduction would not b

by tomsmeding 7y ago

To be frank, the src/ folder is the compiler for Mirth written in Mirth, so there's your example code. However, I do agree that a quick introduction would not be out of place.

garmaine 7y ago
True, and that would be a good thing for the README to emphasize. It's mentioned, but in passing. But even so, I know I'd like a good reference of what primitive operations are, the type system, and what's provided by the Prelude.
paulddraper 7y ago
But the first thing I want to about C is not a compiler written in C. That's an unfriendly intro to almost any language. I want to see a procedure call, "Hello world" I/O, some math or string manipulation, and how to run that myself. After that I can look at compiler sources.
- edejong 7y ago
  LISP is a notable exception. Btw, I do believe a compiler should be one of the examples of a new language.
  - garmaine 7y ago
    FWIW, concatinative languages are even simpler than Lisp.
  - bogdanoff_2 7y ago
    Are you saying that lisps are an exception to needing to see some small examples at first when looking at a new language? Why do you think they're an exception?
    - edejong 7y ago
      In LISP-like languages a compiler/interpeter is a simple example.
      - kazinator 7y ago
        https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/tree/master/src/compiler https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/tree/master/src/compiler Doesn't look simple to me. This one is in one file, but more than half a megabyte of code spanning close to 12000 lines: https://github.com/clisp-lang/clisp/blob/master/src/compiler.lisp https://github.com/clisp-lang/clisp/blob/master/src/compiler... The Emacs Lisp byte compiler also doesn't look like a good small example for neophytes: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/emacs-l...