6 Jan
2012
6 Jan
'12
6:04 p.m.
On Fri, 6 Jan 2012, David Riley wrote:
On Jan 6, 2012, at 12:47 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
NOTE: the original quote that triggered THIS thread did not include the
word "production". (mostly an omission, but also because it was based on
"self-hosting" by grad student "new" languages)
On 5 Jan 2012 at 23:55, Toby Thain wrote:
Well, again, it depends on whether you count interpreters. Forth interpreters are quite
often done in assembly. They also often progress to compilation as well.
Of course, then it also depends what you call a "hobby project"; Forth
tends to make its way onto things like satellites which aren't exactly
hobby projects (inasmuch as the US doesn't consider NASA to be a hobby,
which it increasingly seems to), but they are certainly often one-off
designs. In assembly?
I'd be surprised if there has been a single production compiler (i.e.
not some hobby project) written in assembly in the last 20 years.