Smile
Languages and libraries
executable ascii art
SHOW HN2021
25points
7comments
#1,254of 2,533 in 2021
Top 50%of 2021 by points
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Impressive and cool concept
From 2 comments
This is cool! It reminds me of a paper I read in 2017 in which the author creates a C89 compiler that compiles to printable ASCII by using similarly limited instructions.…
jstrieb on HN>There is no challenge in that. While smile is also impressive, I think you are unfairly downplaying tom7's work. While it uses bigger instruction set, it never executes any…
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Objections
Tom7's compiler already produces printable ASCII native programs, so the idea is not entirely new
From 2 comments
This is cool! It reminds me of a paper I read in 2017 in which the author creates a C89 compiler that compiles to printable ASCII by using similarly limited instructions.…
jstrieb on HNAs was noted by jstrieb, there exists a compiler that does that, so basically any native program. There is no challenge in that. A real challenge would be, how far can you…
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Alternatives named
Tom7's printable ASCII x86 C89 compiler (abc)
From 2 comments
This is cool! It reminds me of a paper I read in 2017 in which the author creates a C89 compiler that compiles to printable ASCII by using similarly limited instructions.…
jstrieb on HNIt also doesn't use self-modifying code. In words of the author: >This is like telling the waiter that you don’t eat poultry but eggs are okay, and then they bring you an egg,…
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