Re: What order should Lua be ported in?

[Tim Channon <tc@...>]

On 18/12/2014 23:59, Steven Degutis wrote:
> If someone were to port Lua (i.e. src/*.{c,h}) to another language
> besides C, in a piecemeal way and by porting minimally sized chunks of
> code at a time, so that at every step the incomplete port would be
> able to at least compile, in what order should such a person port the
> source files? Any advice on this would be over-enthusiastically
> appreciated.
>
> -Steven


I would choose a mixed mode compiler so that common linkage and debug 
etc. is easier, even if this is not the final choice.

Mirroring data structures will need to be done early.