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0 pointsamelius10y ago0 comments

Perhaps a nice project to learn both is to write a (simple) Go compiler in Rust :)

In the same spirit as https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Write_Yourself_a_Scheme_in_48_...

Go is not a very complicated language. The main difficulty of writing a Go compiler would be to write the garbage collector, but you can easily skip that part by not collecting any garbage :)

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nickpsecurity10y ago

Getting started writing a compiler is a bad idea outside LISP's and such that are ideally suited to it. Compilers are complex, hard-to-write programs. Best to do a series of utilities that each explore functionality one is likely to use in real life or just wants to learn about. The IRL stuff gets one used to the feel of the language and whether it's worth proceeding in. The other part is, well, fun and a learning experience. :)

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0 pointsamelius10y ago0 comments

Perhaps a nice project to learn both is to write a (simple) Go compiler in Rust :)

In the same spirit as https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Write_Yourself_a_Scheme_in_48_...

Go is not a very complicated language. The main difficulty of writing a Go compiler would be to write the garbage collector, but you can easily skip that part by not collecting any garbage :)

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nickpsecurity10y ago

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