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1. Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live (lunafoxgirlvt@vt.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:30:55 JST Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live

   I kind of want to make a compiler and programming language for my retro projects since C is not that nice to use. Does mean I’d have to write a compiler though lol

   But I could do that 🤔

   • Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live (lunafoxgirlvt@vt.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:31:47 JST Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live

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     At least old CPUs are trivial compared to their modern counterparts…

   • Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live (lunafoxgirlvt@vt.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:34:21 JST Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live

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     • Lukas

     @darkcisum well Lua won’t run that well on a 8086 :P

   • Lukas (darkcisum@swiss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:34:22 JST Lukas

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     @LunaFoxgirlVT
     What about using a common scripting language like Lua instead? Would at least not require a whole new compiler 😄

   • Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live (lunafoxgirlvt@vt.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:42:51 JST Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live

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     • Timmer

     @timmer whatever processor I develop for at the time, I have a bunch of retro hardware, lol

     8086, I386, maybe some old ARM devices and 68000 stuff? And again, whatever other legacy architectures I may want to target down the line. Really don’t want to have to deal with legacy GCC for that because GCC is a nightmare

   • Timmer (timmer@mastodon.mariustimmer.de)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:42:52 JST Timmer

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     @LunaFoxgirlVT which architecture are you targeting? I386? :P

   • Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live (lunafoxgirlvt@vt.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:46:55 JST Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live

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     • Lukas

     @darkcisum I make game engines for fun (and I’m
     already making a JIT compiler too for another language I’m designing)

     So, to me this is normal, don’t worry

   • Lukas (darkcisum@swiss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:46:56 JST Lukas

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     @LunaFoxgirlVT
     Have you tried? 😁

     I've no idea about writing for a 8086. Writing a compiler just to get something nicer than C seems however also quite excessive 😄

   • Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live (lunafoxgirlvt@vt.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:49:06 JST Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live

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     • Am I?

     @ami problem with LLVM is that they’re very quick at throwing backends away, as such it only really supports modern platforms.

     I am using LLVM as a backend for a JIT compiled scripting language im making though.

   • Am I? (ami@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:49:07 JST Am I?

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     @LunaFoxgirlVT
     Isn't the purpose of LLVM (notice the V) that you just write a backend and you have all languages to chose from, including but not limited to : Rust, C, C++ ?
     I'm asking since I couldn't write an LLVM backend to save my life.
     (Also, I'm hard pressed to imagine the situation where writing an LLVM backend would save my life)

   • Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live (lunafoxgirlvt@vt.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:53:41 JST Luna 🇩🇰🦊 //nullptr::live

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     • Am I?

     @ami yeah but then I have to write an LLVM backend which is a living nightmare on its own because it's C++

   • Am I? (ami@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 06:53:42 JST Am I?

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     @LunaFoxgirlVT
     But _you_ won't have to throw the backend away, you just have to maintain it 😜
     (also: why is my autocomplete trying to get you to write an LLVM hacienda ?)