On 20/02/18 07:21, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > If someone is looking for a challenging and interesting `#lang` project... > > Build a `#lang rust`. https://www.rust-lang.org/ >
+1 > You might first implement mapping the non-checking semantics to Racket > code (so that you can run valid Rust programs), and then later try to > implement all the checking (for detecting invalid Rust programs). > > Your big test would be bootstrapping the real Rust compiler. (You use > your Racket-based Rust language implementation to run the real Rust > compiler, to have the real compiler compile itself.) > This would be awesome but certainly a multi-year project for a single person I think. Also, there might be some trouble on understanding the rust grammar. I have in the past toyed with the idea of building a rust gcc frontend (previous attempts failed) but due to the lack of a formal grammar I gave up. Things might have changed since mid-2017 but I doubt it. One alternative to proceed without a formal grammar would be maybe to somehow use libparse from the rust project to parse the code and then use FFI to bring the structures into Racket. However, as a C/C++ replacement I love what Rust stands for so +1 (again!) for this project. -- Paulo Matos -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
