alt Hacker NewsFun idea: I'll try to compile Betz's original XLISP (C) to WASM too. Then we can benchmark 1980s C vs 2024 Rust, both running in the browser. Will probably be a crappy benchmark, but entertaining - and a nice tribute to the source.
Fun idea: I'll try to compile Betz's original XLISP (C) to WASM too. Then we can benchmark 1980s C vs 2024 Rust, both running in the browser. Will probably be a crappy benchmark, but entertaining - and a nice tribute to the source.
I'm betting I could get an agentic tool to convert the whole thing (XLISP and/or XSCHEME) to modern Rust or Zig in a half a day.