[gambit-list] How read and understand the compiler sources i.e. gsc/*.scm ?

Mikael mikael.rcv at gmail.com
Sat May 24 15:02:26 EDT 2014


Dear Marc,

For a layperson to read through the compiler's sources (i.e. gsc/*.scm) as
to get a general understanding of its internal workings, would you suggest
any particular reading order, be it sequential or parallell?

Also, would there be any contextual understanding that would be
particularly important to have - such as for instance, structural qualities
to the code that, for a reader to make sense of them, he must have already
a particular frame of reference? (to avoid 'saving an hour theory by
spending a month in the lab'.)

At its 41klocs, it would be feasible for a user to read all of it and
actually get to a pretty good understanding!

That appears to me like a worthy cause.

Thanks!
Mikael
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