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Arrghhh.... why do I read this as "Writing Atari games in OCaml"? Almost jump out of my chair. Guess I need a short break....

• xvilka 3y ago
  It isn't impossible - looks like someone is working on restoring m68k support in OCaml[1] which was removed earlier[2]. [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2021/12/msg00009.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2021/12/msg00009.html [2] https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/tree/annot-from-lambda/asmcomp/m68k https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/tree/annot-from-lambda/asmcom...
  • lmm 3y ago
    "The" Atari (the 2600) used essentially a 6502, which is quite a lot earlier and simpler than the 68k.
    • xvilka 3y ago
      Ah, I didn't check the article which Atari they refer to. I doubt it's possible to port modern OCaml GC to 6502 then.
      • toast0 3y ago
        Not sure if GC is appropriate for a system with 128 bytes of ram.
        • eru 3y ago
          A more useful approach would probably be to use a special OCaml program to emit code for the Atari 2600, instead of using the general purpose OCaml compiler to translate OCaml code directly.