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Show HN: Optimizing compiler for a large subset of C, written in Rust
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 https://nostarch.com/writing-c-compiler
- lutusp 2y agoIt'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."
- kif 2y agoI'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.
- hu3 2y agoCurrently, that would be Zig.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoWhat makes you think Rust is a better way to compile C than C?
- fanf2 2y agoAlgebraic data types
- unclad5968 2y agoRust itself is compiled with LLVM which is millions of lines of C++. Does that mean that C++ is better than rust?