https://kidoni.dev/tags/lox/ Recent content in Lox on kidoni.dev Hugo -- 0.157.0 en-US Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt0-preamble/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt0-preamble/ Using Claude Code to build a compiler and blog about it" https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt1-introduction/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt1-introduction/ An introduction to the series and a Compilers 101 primer covering tokenization, parsing, ASTs, interpreters, VMs, and native compilation. https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt2-tokenization/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt2-tokenization/ How vibe-lox turns raw Lox source text into a stream of typed tokens using the winnow parser-combinator library. https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt3-parsing/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt3-parsing/ How vibe-lox turns a flat token stream into a typed Abstract Syntax Tree using a hand-written recursive descent parser. https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt4-interpreter/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt4-interpreter/ How vibe-lox executes Lox programs by walking the AST — including the resolver, scoped environments, closures, and OOP. https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt5-vm/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt5-vm/ How vibe-lox compiles Lox to bytecode and executes it on a stack-based virtual machine — roughly 3× faster than tree-walking. https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt6-llvm/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt6-llvm/ How vibe-lox compiles Lox to LLVM IR and native executables using the inkwell crate, a C runtime, and LLVM's TargetMachine. https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt7-repl/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kidoni.dev/posts/vibe-lox-pt7-repl/ Building an interactive Lox REPL with backslash commands and tab completion using the rustyline crate.