WIP: Translator to rust

[mjdr]

Translate porth to rust.
That allow for more optimal assembly generation.
And it's fun.
Wrote in same style as compiler and simulator, so its can be ported to porth (theoretically)

TODO

• Add translate subcommand in help
• Fix infinite loop in examples/cat.porth
• Add new operands, intrinsics
• Drop all dependencies with #![no_std] #![no_main]
• porth.porth is hanging if sub-command provided

[zrthxn]

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't this sort of go against the language being self-hosted? If the python compiler generates Rust and then rustc generates assembly... doesn't this make the language not self-hosted?

[mjdr]

no, right now
(python) -> asm -> (nasm) -> binary
my translator
(python) -> rust -> (rustc) -> binary
after self hosted
(porth) -> asm -> (nasm) -> binary
(porth) -> rust -> (rustc) -> binary

[mjdr]

And it's not simulator, but source code generator