alt Hacker NewsNo offense, but the source code for this is wild. It's almost like outsider art. https://github.com/pouyathe/glang/blob/main/source/dub/sourc...
Still, I have to respect the dedication it must have taken to get this working. I'm sure you'll go far.
My advice to you would be to read Crafting Interpreters by Bob Nystrom (it's free online) and try to apply some of the techniques from it to your project.
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machiaweliczny • today at 10:35 AM
Man this is art
its_magic • today at 4:53 AM
Everything was going reasonably OK until I got down to that gigantic rat's nest of if-else statements and embedded for loops. OMG
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"Outsider art" - that's one of the best descriptions I've heard! You're absolutely right.
Thank you for the book recommendation. I've just downloaded "Crafting Interpreters" and will study it properly. I've been coding in isolation (due to circumstances I can't easily explain), so learning from established resources like this is exactly what I need.
The messiness comes from years of solo experimentation without mentorship. I'm now committed to cleaning it up using proper techniques.
I appreciate both the kind words and the tough love.