Wiring Up the Scripting Language

Jan 18, 2022

Updates

I took some time to squash some bugs and clean up some of the scripting language code since last stream!

We're now in a solid place to start from today.

Offline Tasks

Use gdb watch to figure out why token kinds are being overwritten

Clean up some of the repeated patterns in the code

Fix issue with setting integer values

Verify that call expression eval from last time works after fixes

Write flux_vector library and move tokenizer code over to it

Some Thoughts on C

After dabbling with C on and off over the last couple of years and then spending a lot more time learning and using it recently, I've had the following thoughts:

  • Immense power that requires good practices and tools
  • It seems possible to design decent abstractions
  • Possibly the most portable and transferrable language
  • A fantastic basis for building your own platform or "universe"
  • It does more than you think it does, but with the right balance of abstraction
  • I really want to master this language

Tasks

DONE Evaluate call expressions

DONE Add a basic REPL interface for live evaluation

DONE Hook up the REPL to Emacs

TODO Port previous Guile interface code over to the new language

TODO Finish writing the render-to-file function

TODO Get back to the tasks from the previous streams!

Next Steps

TODO Simplify finding keyword name/value pairs in function calls

TODO Finish porting previous Guile interface code over to the new language

TODO Finish writing the render-to-file function

TODO Get back to the tasks from the previous streams!