2 #+author: Richard Westhaver
3 #+email: ellis@rwest.io
4 #+description: The Compiler Company Core Technologies
5 #+setupfile: ../../clean.theme
9 :ID: 0c3a8097-e0bb-4c8a-9de2-907cffddbb8f 11 We primarily support
[[https://unix.org][Unix-based]] Operating Systems. Check
12 project-specific docs for officially supported targets.
14 Development and CI is ran on
[[https://archlinux.org/][Arch Linux]] (btw).
17 :ID: f6d8cc58-e6ec-4482-b6b8-3977e771a578 19 ** [[https://lisp-lang.org/][Lisp]] 21 :ID: 765d7aea-1f04-47ac-b59a-b5e83ce05194 23 ** [[https://www.rust-lang.org/][Rust]] 25 :ID: e4fce1b9-dc0f-4bd9-b26e-3b41e583e901 27 ** [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]] 29 :ID: da8b7be1-28c9-44cb-b013-9e6edf2f0581 33 :ID: e0db5df8-5e99-4199-a042-5bfab74f3711 35 ** [[https://rocksdb.org/][rocksdb]] 37 :ID: e363bbaa-57ad-4e73-af2b-7fe487f67c7c 39 ** [[https://archlinux.org/pacman/][pacman]] 41 :ID: e2ce47d2-2a6d-4f7b-acd7-3835463072a8 43 ** [[https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/btrfs.html][btrfs]] 45 :ID: 4e99345f-9e2b-4edb-9f97-5daf6fb66c14 47 ** [[https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/][tree-sitter]] 49 :ID: b13a05bd-cc78-4d9b-84db-873f2714f32c 51 ** [[https://kernel.dk/io_uring.pdf][uring]] 53 :ID: 016e1ebc-56b0-47f6-a610-1f8761bf69dd 55 ** [[https://github.com/BLAKE3-team/BLAKE3-specs/blob/master/blake3.pdf][blake3]] 57 :ID: a0898683-d3ce-4d44-aaf7-b989cc5418d8 61 :ID: e1bf8a4c-a9d6-478a-879d-49d6b5a2a72b 63 ** [[https://ngn.codeberg.page/k][k]] 65 :ID: 0f4175ad-656b-4348-9328-5e409379b3fd 67 ** [[https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/][BQN]] 69 :ID: 3cc89f3d-20a5-420f-bc7e-0731254e5040 74 :ID: 06de34a3-60b4-4f48-bcab-eabeb3fe41c3 76 The software provided by
/The Compiler Company/ is a powerful but
77 opinionated programming environment. It consists of a GNU/Linux
78 kernel, some vendored programs and libraries, and a suite of custom
81 The software is modular by design. You can pick and choose which
82 components to embed in your own projects and you are encouraged to
83 modify any part of the system to meet your goals.
85 In general, our software is designed for:
86 - early adoption :: integrate research, protocols, libraries, and
87 hardware features from leading research orgs faster than anyone else
88 - rapid development :: interaction, code introspection, tooling, and
89 automation built for prototyping at massive scale
90 - power :: using our environment should feel like cheating - macros,
91 DSLs, and unmatched hackability
95 :ID: f5411514-19d6-4fb0-bdbe-48c4b5581e5c 97 /The Compiler Company/ is above all, a
=Lisp Company=. The most
98 powerful software requires the most powerful code.
100 Lisp isn't enough though.
=Rust= is our imperative language of choice
101 at the time of writing and generally suited for system-level software
104 We make use of the Steel Bank Common Lisp compiler (SBCL) and the
105 nightly Rust compiler toolchain.
109 :ID: 1ae69e1e-1e01-4e48-b205-e28fb0fd0b1e 111 /The Compiler Company/ is a
=Linux Company=. There may be minimal
112 support for Darwin-based systems, but Microsoft Windows systems will
113 never be officially supported.
115 One of the
/anti-goals/ of our software is
~portability~. For all of
116 the features we optimize for, portability becomes a burden, especially
117 with closed-source OS kernels. We are also explicitly driven to reduce
118 consumer dependence on these closed-source systems, especially in a
119 distributed network. They are simply unfit for use with the software
120 we produce and the systems we build.