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XL Compiler Bootstrapped
descubes inputs: "An XL compiler bootstrapped two days ago (that means it compiled itself). Take a look at the project homepage to discover this language, designed around concept programming ideas, which is a sort of cross between C++, Lisp and XML. Much help is now needed to improve this rudimentary first iteration." One thing to note is that the C++ version of the compiler came in at 4500 lines, while the XL equivalent came in at some 2700 lines. This seems to imply that XL may be easier to work in than C/C++. Might XL someday be nudging the old workhouse out of a job in the near future?
That's a huge difference in line count between the two versions. If XL is that good a language, it may be worth learning. Now maybe I can get that 1400-line C++ program I've been working on for a year to be less than 1000 lines!
I'm a fan of english, now if only a programming language was:
"be a calculator"
and that was it, I'd be so happy!
I've long wanted C++ to compile on my Atari 8-bit XL computer. At last, the moment has come!
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Whoa...check out that SWEET hacker logo in the upper right corner .. anybody else check it?
That logo means this guy is a hacker (no, not the kind that break into computers illegally, the kind that have scrawny mustaches and like to shoot people with guns. Excuse me, like to shoot guns, not necessarily at people. But keep an eye on them anyway if you're a teacher or parent.)
Wow, anybody kool enough to use the neat-o hacker logo must have like the most AWESOME program evarrrrr!