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Slisp: Simple Lisp compiler (Linux/amd64) (github.com)
37 points by stevekemp 2 hours ago
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Hacker News always likes lisp stuff, and even though this is a very simple compiler I had a lot of fun writing it.

I started writing a different compiler, but tied myself in knots with the type-encoding, and lack of clear plan. I figured I'd step back and try a lisp, because there's a known syntax, and it is minimal.

The end result supports lists, integers, strings, characters, lambdas (with closures), and a reasonable standard library - big enough to hack up a small brainfuck interpreter along with the standard fibonacci, factorial, and fizzbuzz toy programs.

So it's a toy, but it's my toy, and maybe interesting to some!