Hi,

Just sharing this because seems a neat work. I saw this yesterday on /r/C_Programming.

Link to the project: https://github.com/glouw/rr

According to the author: /u/_cwolf

"Some context, this was an experiment to show that a modern day garbage collected programming language akin to some of the earlier python2s can by written in about ~5k lines of pure C without external dependencies. It's all within a single file, including a recursive descent parser, assembler, virtual machine, and garbage collector. Included be some 40 examples of leetcode to showcase that the language (dubbed roman2) can optimally solve medium and hard style leetcode questions.".

More context on another sub:

"I suppose, as a little context, I was rather discouraged with the recent interview process and so I took it upon myself to turn what would be a standard practice in our industry into a little bit of condensed art. The entirety of roman2 lives within roman2.c which includes a virtual machine, garbage collector, assembler, and compiler with a hand rolled recursive descent parser. I aimed to keep it all under 5k lines of C, with no external dependencies, keeping the source style similar to Crenshaw's Let's Build a Compiler series. The aim was to solve leetcode - like one would to gain new job prospects - but just with that of a custom language to prove that failing technical interviews is at least not a poor reflection of one's technical merit.

I'm certainly not trying to boast technical merit. I just find the technical process of hiring overwhelmingly complex.".

Matheus.

On Saturday, 7 May 2022 at 16:15:55 UTC, matheus wrote:

I reck your work very remarkable. Recruitment processes are sometimes brutal. Please proceed on the path you think is right.

I wonder what it would be like if we wrote it in D to do the same job?

SDB@79