WIwill_byrd·Apr 15, 2026
Nada Amin has a nice implementation of Aziz's approach, with tests:
https://github.com/namin/inc
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9 sourcesAnd as a github search[1], I recall it turning up fun work[2] amidst clutter.
Hmm, I wonder if an LLM could sift a "Essentials of Compilation" search[3] for interesting repos?
[1] https://github.com/search?q=Ghuloum&type=repositories https://github.com/search?q=incremental%20approach%20to%20co...
[2] just some old bookmarks: https://github.com/namin/inc https://github.com/iambrj/imin https://github.com/jaseemabid/inc
[3] https://github.com/search?q=Essentials%20of%20Compilation&ty...
In Compilers: Incrementally and Extensibly (2024)The tutorial, source, and tests can be found in the GitHub repo below as well:
https://github.com/namin/inc
(Not the author’s repo, just consolidates some of the material)
In An Incremental Approach to Compiler Construction (2006) [pdf]inc: step-by-step development of a Scheme-to-x86 compiler
2 points · Open discussionCan you clarify "use WASM constructs as macros"?
Here's a repo with working test scripts and the tutorial pdf: https://github.com/namin/inc
In An Incremental Approach to Compiler Construction (2006) [pdf]An Incremental Approach to Compiler Construction[1] by Abdulaziz Ghuloum.
The author presents a very approachable technique for building pedagogical compilers by starting with a tiny subset of the language - a language that can accept integers and print it and incrementally grows it into Scheme. Every step yields a fully working compiler for a progressively expanding subset of Scheme. Every compiler step produces real assembly code that can be assembled and executed directly by the hardware.
I've dabbled with compilers for a while now and in my experience I found this to be among the best ways to get people excited about compilers. There is some code available from Nada Amin[2] for the curious and I'm re implementing it from scratch again[3].
1. http://scheme2006.cs.uchicago.edu/11-ghuloum.pdf
2. https://github.com/namin/inc
3. https://gi
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Step-by-step development of a Scheme-to-x86 compiler
108 points · Open discussionNada Amin, who gave the keynote at Strange Loop in 2014 "Programming Should Eat Itself"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrKj4hYic5A
has worked through the implementation
https://github.com/namin/inc
and provided the corresponding workshop documentation in her github account.
https://github.com/namin/inc/blob/master/docs/tutorial.pdf
She's also been involved in contributing to the next generation Scala compiler (Dotty).
In An Incremental Approach to Compiler Construction (2006) [pdf]It's worth noting that the author of Ikarus has written a tutorial so you can write your own compiler in Scheme.
This has been covered on Lambda the Ultimate: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1752
Ghuloum's Compiler tutorial in Scheme is quite good http://t.co/oOzo8sP6In and coding guide https://github.com/namin/inc/blob/master/docs/tutorial.pdf?r...
In addition Nada Amin (of Strangeloop keynote fame) has completed the Compiler tutorial here: https://github.com/namin/inc
In Bootstrapping Ikarus Scheme