Hi Alex, >> Why did you abandon "lisp syntax" for the assembler? > > Good question. I considered it initially, but found no advantage > using it (not even for the parser). I think that in such a case the > parentheses would be rather unwieldy. Why would you prefier lisp > syntax here?
List syntax gives the code "more explicit structure" and makes code editing much easier usually but I appreciate that it is assemmbly where each command is on separate line so it is not such an issue. Also, it would allow for macros/shortcuts to automate common patterns. E.g. push/pop: there are lots of places where I can see patterns like (code 'doApply 2) push X push Y push Z .. pop Z pop Y pop X ret which could take advantage of more structured code: (asmFn 'apply 2 (X Y Z) ... ) Maybe the question should be whether there are ways of building the assembly code programmatically rather than manually? Thanks & well done to your 64 bit release! Cheers, Tomas -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picol...@software-lab.de?subject=unsubscribe
