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| paka | dmd | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 146 | |
| 158 | 2,888 | |
| 0.0% | 0.7% | |
| 0.0 | 9.9 | |
| over 1 year ago | 1 day ago | |
| C | D | |
| MIT License | Boost Software License 1.0 |
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paka
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MiniVM: A zero-dependency cross-language runtime on par with LuaJIT and C
I think bins/boot.bc in the paka repo is a minivm binary file that does bootstrapping for paka.
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MiniVM: A minimal cross-language runtime that beats C/luajit on some benchmarks
Personally, I find it pretty impressive that it performs as well as these runtimes despite not having a JIT compiler. I'm pretty sure Shaw's written more benchmarks, but as the README explains, it's really hard to tell what the performance characteristics of a language are without writing a larger application. So far the largest applications written with MiniVM is Paka[0], a self-hosted language similar to Lua that targets MiniVM; os49[1], an operating system built on Paka/MiniVM in the spirit of lisp machines; and xori[2], an online playground for the language.
[0]: https://github.com/FastVM/paka
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Feedback on my pet language SIMPL
Some similar languages from this community: my Paka (even down to the println), and someone else's Cthulhu.
dmd
- D2 Playground
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DMD Compiler as a Library: A Call to Arms
Here's the pipeline spitting out the same error as on my macbook did.
https://github.com/dlang/dmd/actions/runs/8023469412/job/219...
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My favourite Git commit (2019)
Not completely on topic (if you read TFA) but my favorite Git commit is by compiler badass and HN frequenter, where he checks in an entire C compiler to the D language repo:
https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/12507
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27102584
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The C Bounded Model Checker: Criminally Underused
A new generated code alone is 4000 lines long [1]. The actual code added is just 2000 lines, and some are used to pay debts, I mean, to make a proper code generator (which can be alternatively written in a simpler scripting langauge). In any case it is never comparable to the entier C parser proper.
[1] https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/15307/files#diff-3677bcc89...
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OpenD, a D language fork that is open to your contributions
D is completely opensource already (https://github.com/dlang/dmd). The "open" of OpenD is just ADR saying that OpenD will be more open to new language features than D has historically been.
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The OpenD Programming Language (fork of D)
The reference compiler, DMD, is open source: https://github.com/dlang/dmd
But they don't accept just any Pull Request or features the community submits, understandably. There's a process called DIP for language improvements: https://github.com/dlang/DIPs/blob/master/DIPs/README.md
However, by some accounts, it's really hard to get anything through.
Given D already has so many feature, I find that to be a good thing , to be honest, by not everyone agrees, of course.
- Odin Programming Language
- D Programming Language
What are some alternatives?
minivm - A VM That is Dynamic and Fast
zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
android-luajit-launcher - Android NativeActivity based launcher for LuaJIT, implementing the main loop within Lua land via FFI
ldc - The LLVM-based D Compiler.
awesome-jit - A curated list of awesome JIT frameworks, libraries, software and resources
v - Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io
purr - Purr VM and Paka language [Moved to: https://github.com/ShawSumma/paka]
dextool - Suite of C/C++ tooling built on LLVM/Clang
passerine - A small extensible programming language designed for concise expression with little code.
Odin - Odin Programming Language
os49 - basically minivm os
llvm-project - The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.