Arc Forumnew | comments | leaders | submitlogin
1 point by akkartik 3550 days ago | link | parent

Oh that's too bad. I'm intensely curious about the experience and it's very poorly covered in most places. Guess I'll just have to try it for myself :)


2 points by Mitranim 3550 days ago | link

If you mean the experience of implementing a language, what about wart and anarki? Or did you mean something else.

-----

1 point by akkartik 3550 days ago | link

I meant implementing a language in itself.

(Also, I didn't implement anarki. That's more like a maintenance job..)

-----

4 points by Mitranim 3550 days ago | link

Writing a self-hosted compiler feels a bit like climbing a skyscraper without a safety belt. I usually test each change by immediately having the compiler recompile itself a few times. Back when it was unstable, each time felt like a plunge from a mountaintop, with a jolt of adrenaline. I guess it still does. :D

-----