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Re:The Super Tiny Compiler by DeathArrow on Friday March 03, 2023 @07:13AM (#35008508)
> * We're going to compile some lisp-like function calls into some C-like

> * function calls.

Isn't this a transpiler, doing mostly string replacement?

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Re:The Super Tiny Compiler by shadowofneptune on Friday March 03, 2023 @01:25PM (#35013254)
It still has to separate tokens, understand a nested structure, and output a different format. It's a small compiler, but is a compiler, and honestly understanding parsers can help a lot with text processing tasks.
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