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  • Re: Making a C compiler in Rust (was: Re: Resources to learn common lisp?)

    From Michael S@already5chosen@yahoo.com to comp.lang.lisp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.misc on Fri Aug 21 14:13:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.lisp

    On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:34:38 +0100
    "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:06:42 +0800
    Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> wrote:


    Plus, I have several good books on D.O.S. assembly coding on my
    shelf, I should use them!

    It'll be a good exercise between coding a C compiler in Rust, so I
    have added comp.lang.misc to this discussion, since I am completely
    unaware of a group dedicated to Rust. How would we make one?

    If you find yourself so inclined to make another C compiler in
    Rust, or even Common Lisp, then the book

    /Writing a C Compiler/,
    /Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch/

    by Nora Sandler is not at all recommended. I'm going through it,
    but I feel it should be much better. At least the exercises are
    amusing!


    Have fun, and please enjoy this minor tangent in our discussion!

    I don't know of any attempts to port (I guess a subset at best) Lisp
    or Rust to DOS. And I don't think there's many willing to try it in
    asm. BICBW!

    I would not be so sure about *attempts* to port Rust to DOS.
    But It sounds certain that there were no successful ports.
    Although I can imagine cross-compiler running on one of the popular
    LLVM hosts with DOS as a target. May be, not for a full Rust, but for
    useful subset. It's not impossible, just pointless.

    Now, Lisp is a different story. There were/are many working Lisp systems running on MS-DOS.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/1c3qdos/lisp_implementation_for_16_bit_dos_pcs/


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  • From Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson@johann@myrkraverk.invalid to comp.lang.lisp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.misc on Sat Aug 22 02:23:42 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.lisp

    On 21/08/2026 7:13 PM, Michael S wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:34:38 +0100
    "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:06:42 +0800
    Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> wrote:


    Plus, I have several good books on D.O.S. assembly coding on my
    shelf, I should use them!

    It'll be a good exercise between coding a C compiler in Rust, so I
    have added comp.lang.misc to this discussion, since I am completely
    unaware of a group dedicated to Rust. How would we make one?

    If you find yourself so inclined to make another C compiler in
    Rust, or even Common Lisp, then the book

    /Writing a C Compiler/,
    /Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch/

    by Nora Sandler is not at all recommended. I'm going through it,
    but I feel it should be much better. At least the exercises are
    amusing!


    Have fun, and please enjoy this minor tangent in our discussion!

    I don't know of any attempts to port (I guess a subset at best) Lisp
    or Rust to DOS. And I don't think there's many willing to try it in
    asm. BICBW!

    I would not be so sure about *attempts* to port Rust to DOS.
    But It sounds certain that there were no successful ports.
    Although I can imagine cross-compiler running on one of the popular
    LLVM hosts with DOS as a target. May be, not for a full Rust, but for
    useful subset. It's not impossible, just pointless.

    Indeed it is pointless. I've not met any D.O.S. programmer who's shown
    a mild interest in Rust on the platform. People use Open Watcom, Bor-
    land, and other trademarked compilers for whatever projects they have
    set their mind to.

    Here in comp.lang.lisp I'd be happy to guide anyone undertaking a C com-
    piler project in Common Lisp. Alternatively, Rust compiler, but I can't
    guide anyone in that endeavour.


    Now, Lisp is a different story. There were/are many working Lisp systems running on MS-DOS.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/1c3qdos/lisp_implementation_for_16_bit_dos_pcs/



    Yes. Christian Queinnec even mentions a few in his book /Principes d'Implantation de Scheme et Lisp/, originally published in 1994.

    At the time -- when I was reading the book, that was after 1994 -- I was
    unable to find a working copy of many of these Lisps, so I let it go.

    I now try to focus exclusively on Common Lisp as a practical medium of
    my coding adventures.


    Now, stepping inside comp.os.msdos.programmer, I wonder if it would be
    hard to implement a Common Lisp from scratch, for D.O.S?
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