Archive - Building with Rust

January 2025

Building a bytecode interpreter

A bytecode interpreter executes instructions in bytecode format.

Jan 16 •

December 2024

Building an Interpreter: Reworking the object system

First make it work, then experiment...

Dec 26, 2024 •

November 2024

Building an Interpreter: Journey so far...

If it isn't tested, it is broken

Nov 11, 2024 •

August 2024

Intermezzo: A simple optimization

Compute it just once.

Aug 29, 2024 •

July 2024

Building an interpreter: Classes ...or Types

Types, and then more types

Jul 19, 2024 •

June 2024

Building an Interpreter: Functions

A Function in Sox is just another type, like an integer or a string, with its idiosyncrasies such as the ability to execute some predefined code when…

Jun 1, 2024 •

May 2024

Enhancing our object system with types

Any sufficiently advanced piece of technology is indistinguishable from magic...

May 25, 2024 •

February 2024

January 2024

Building a language interpreter: The Execution Environment.

Everything happens in a context.

Jan 29, 2024 •

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