Re: [bootstrappable] Re: prototyping the full source bootstrap path

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Orians, Jeremiah (DTMB) writes:

>> It wouldn’t really help in that mescc+/guilecc is just as capable as the 
>> earlier mescc, no?
> There is however a real difference in terms of performance, guile is simply 
> faster

Plus there is another angle on this.  MesCC, the bootstrap C compiler in
Scheme, is not a intended to be used beyond bootstrapping.  A C compiler
on top of Guile however, could be a very interesting project and could
easily target gcc; possibly attempt C++.  I may just be dreaming...

>> Indeed, Guile needs a C compiler.
> Technically, it could be built from a lisp compiler

Hmm, it's my understanding that Guile is pretty heavily tied to
libguile/*.c.  What makes you think that it's possible for Guile to run
without libguile/*.c?

janneke

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