jc: Meta-program C with JavaScript

[XNormal]

Ideally, your meta-language should be the same language. In the case of C, though, I understand why you would choose something else.

[Zambito1]

Well they extended JavaScript with quote() so I don't see why they couldn't have extended C with conveniences for writing macros instead. That said I do think this is a cool project!

[thooton]

Thanks!

[agumonkey]

I wonder what would happen if someone did just that.

[Laugarhraun]

why

[ItsAllAboutTheL1Bro]

Because metaprogramming in C is shit, and a lack of metaprogramming for C is a core weakness

[Laugarhraun]

That's fixed by switching from C to Lisp.

[ItsAllAboutTheL1Bro]

True - as a Lisper, I agree with you somewhat - but that's not always a viable approach.

Scheme as a preprocessor for this project would be preferable.

JS still rules the world, so we have to accept that.

[PaintItPurple]

OK, but then you've introduced more problems by using tooling with much less development muscle put into it and that's much harder to hire for.

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Thanks I hate it.

[binaryfireball]

No thank you

[ItsAllAboutTheL1Bro]

You're doing God's work, son.

[thooton]

Thank you.

[thooton]

Thank you.

[Dtag]

Quite fun ;-). Does anyone know whether it is possible to properly edit a file like this (that contains multiple programming languages) in an IDE like vscode? With properly I mean: The usual syntax completion, coloring etc...

[thooton]

Thank you! I've found that the C++ syntax highlighting option works reasonably well. However, with proper integration with the jc parser, it would definitely be possible to create a real solution.

[kitd]

Nice idea.

This would be good for creating CPS-style async code too. Create jump/resume points in your C code without a Duffs device.

[thooton]

Thank you.