Hi all, I've dropped the idea of libuv for now. I have however got unlimited string back and also unlimited big num support (using libtommath <https://www.libtom.net/LibTomMath/>) Regards, Kashyap
On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 11:52 AM C K Kashyap <ckkash...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > I had been exploring the miniPicoLisp source for several months now. My > goal was to make it compile with Microsoft C compiler and Tiny C Compiler ( > TCC <https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/tinycc/>) on windows - > and gain a deeper understanding of the implementation in the process. In > order to compile using Microsoft C compiler, it was sufficient to remove > the use of VLA(variable length array). However, making it work with TCC was > a different ballgame. It turns out that TCC does not generate functions at > word boundaries - so pointer tagging does not work. The way I addressed it > is by changing the CELL to contain 3 parts instead of 2 - the third part > for type and GC. > > I just got "done" with it - https://github.com/lispware/minilisp . It has > limited string/symbol support since it only allows strings that can be > packed in a word. Bringing back full string support would be the first > thing. Or perhaps breaking the single C file up would be first - I found > collapsing all the miniPicoLisp C files into one easier during the change :) > > My eventual goal is to get it hooked up with libuv - perhaps by next year > :) > > Happy New Year! > Kashyap >
