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Show HN: Optimizing compiler for a large subset of C, written in Rust

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11 points xqb64 | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.383s | source

Hello.

I wanted to share what I had been working on for the past couple of months or so. It's an optimizing C compiler for a large subset of the C programming language written in Rust. It's basically a Rust implementation of the C compiler from Nora Sandler's book[1].

It has been a great educational exercise and I wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone.

[1]: https://nostarch.com/writing-c-compiler

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lutusp ◴[22 Oct 24 01:33 UTC] No.41910319[source]▶
It's my hope that people will take the hint: "Wait ... if Rust is a better way to compile C than C itself, maybe I should learn Rust."
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1. kif ◴[25 Oct 24 22:31 UTC] No.41950482[source]▶
I've tried Rust, and it's just too much cognitive overhead. C is simple, and that simplicity is hard to beat. Go on the other hand is more like C in that regard.