alexfru

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1. 1.▲
   by alexfru 5y ago

   bp isn't managed by the allocator precisely to make bp available for local variables.
2. 2.▲
   by alexfru 9y ago

   It's less complete in terms of the language and needs less memory. smlrc.c runs in 96KB of RAM on a PIC32 MIPS microcontroller.
3. 3.▲
   by alexfru 9y ago

   Going 64-bit is quite a bit of work: - additional 64-bit types will need additional code for type checks and conversions, switch, etc - new or improved code generator is needed (ideally, 64-bit non-pointer types should also be supported in
4. 4.▲
   by alexfru 9y ago

   Yeah, a fifth name appears in the macos branch. :) Not sure if github will show the name when macos is merged into master. I wanted something small and easily self-hosting. A compiler on a floppy (as in old times). I hope you guys know what
5. 5.▲
   by alexfru 9y ago

   If you haven't used flex & bison and you're writing your first compiler, you need to learn them and still take care of the things they don't do for you out of the box (they don't know C and the context of the input).