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		tekknolagi on Sept 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Compiling a Lisp to x86-64: primitive functions I think that's because it's more finicky and a longer implementation. Of course, if you build a small interpreter that you can then use to write a Lisp compiler in Lisp... you've got it made!

jamiek88 on Sept 5, 2020 [–]

I love how we can bootstrap.

I’m getting interested in bare metal, I.e. no OS, booting direct to app, development.

These compilers are a goldmine of info.

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