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by hobbyist 4506 days ago
Could you elaborate more or give some references on the second and third part? I am done with the first. I seriously need some profound knowledge on second and third, which a lot of people like you talk about. I need to put a plan to get there too. Scheme to C looks fun though :-) . Where should I start first with?
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gamegoblin 4506 days ago
If you want to implement Scheme in C, I'd take a look at Scheme From Scratch (http://michaux.ca/articles/scheme-from-scratch-bootstrap-v0_...)

It's pretty excellent for learning how to implement a simple language in C.

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pjmlp 4505 days ago
Do yourself a service and write the Scheme compiler in Scheme itself, doing direct assembly code generation.

http://scheme2006.cs.uchicago.edu/11-ghuloum.pdf

Also a nice way to learn about bootstraping compilers.

Generating code code for another OS without Scheme support is just a matter of having your compiler cross-compile to the other OS. Then use the fresh backed compiler to re-compile your compiler in the new OS.

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