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Re:Compiling a Lisp to x86-64: Let expressions by timonoko on Thursday October 01, 2020 @03:42PM (#24655364)
Metoo 1982:

    C:\nokolisp
                                                    
    (ncompile (macroexpand '(let ((x 1)) (+ x 1)))) 
                                                    
    $09CB:$7188:   JMP  ??      ; see below         
    $09CB:$718B:   CALL $0ECD   ; CALL ONEARG       
    $09CB:$718E:   PUSH [$012C]                     
    $09CB:$7192:   MOV  [$012C],AX                  
    $09CB:$7195:   JMP  ??      ; see below         
    $09CB:$7198:   PUSH [STACKMARK]                 
    $09CB:$719C:   MOV  [STACKMARK],SP              
    $09CB:$71A0:   MOV  AX,[$012C]                  
    $09CB:$71A3:   CALL $0F1D   ; CALL NUMVAL       
    $09CB:$71A6:   MOV  BX,$01                      
    $09CB:$71A9:   ADD  AX,BX                       
    $09CB:$71AB:   CALL $05C9   ; CALL MAKNUM       
    $09CB:$71AE:   JMP  $2080                       
    $09CB:$7195:   JMP  $71B1                       
    $09CB:$71B1:   CALL $7198                       
    $09CB:$71B4:   POP  [$012C]                     
    $09CB:$71B8:   JMP  $1DA7                       
    $09CB:$7188:   JMP  $71BB                       
    $09CB:$71BB:   MOV  AX,$04  ; S-object 1        
    $09CB:$71BE:   CALL $718E                       
    $09CB:$71C1:   JMP  $1DA7                       
    (subru: eval=$7188, compile=$3B6F)
One pass, but corrects forward jumps afterwards.
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Re:Compiling a Lisp to x86-64: Let expressions by dunefox on Thursday October 01, 2020 @08:04PM (#24657470)
And?
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Re:Compiling a Lisp to x86-64: Let expressions by timonoko on Thursday October 01, 2020 @10:20PM (#24658135)
Aint I clever? Realized rightaway that forwards JMPs to the next address could have been filled with NOPs instead. But this is not a beauty contest.
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Re:Compiling a Lisp to x86-64: Let expressions by dunefox on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:54AM (#24661261)
Ah, right, I didn't look at your name. Have you worked on any other lisps?
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Re:Compiling a Lisp to x86-64: Let expressions by timonoko on Friday October 02, 2020 @10:07AM (#24662735)
Musimp/Mulisp dual syntax was very particular. The Lisp-scene has gone just downhill ever since, imho. http://www.edm2.com/index.php/MuLISP
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Re:Compiling a Lisp to x86-64: Let expressions by dunefox on Monday October 05, 2020 @02:27PM (#24690491)
Even with Racket, Shen, etc.?
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