Implementing a Lisp Compiler in Python: A Simplified Approach
By
azhenley
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
The article discusses the author's progress in implementing a Lisp compiler using Python, based on the Ghuloum tutorial. The Python version is significantly shorter (300 LOC) compared to the original C version (1200 LOC). The author notes the absence of an S-expression reader in the Python implementation, leaving it as an exercise for the reader.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledI didn’t think this day would come, but I picked up the Ghuloum tutorial (PDF) again and I got a little bit further.
It’s brief, coming in at a little over 300 LOC + tests (compared to the C version’s 1200 LOC + tests).
That’s hardly the most interesting part of the tutorial.
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