[LUCY-142] Port Clownfish compiler to C

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.2.0 (incubating)
• Fix Version/s: 0.3.0 (incubating)
• Component/s: Clownfish
• Assignee: Marvin Humphrey
• Reporter: Marvin Humphrey
• Created: 15/May/11 21:55
• Updated: 21/Dec/11 04:07
• Resolved: 21/Dec/11 04:07

Description

The Clownfish compiler was originally written in pure Perl, which has proven
to be a barrier to entry for people who want to work on binding Clownfish to
other languages but who don't know Perl. We should port the compiler to C,
the common language across all of Lucy's subcommunities.