#ccompiler — Public Fediverse posts

Writing a C Compiler, in Zig

https://ar-ms.me/thoughts/c-compiler-1-zig/

#HackerNews #CCompiler #Zig #ProgrammingLanguage #TechInnovation

Ah, Claude—because who needs native apps when you can have the bloated glory of Electron? 🤦‍♂️💻 Spend $20k on a genius #Ccompiler in #Rust and then wrap it in an oversized JavaScript burrito. Genius! Clearly, native is as fashionable as dial-up internet. 🙄🚀
https://tonsky.me/blog/fall-of-native/ #Electron #NativeApps #Technology #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, nothing screams "productive weekend" like cramming a mini C compiler for #ESP32 into 700 lines, because who doesn't want to debug more code on a microcontroller no one can spell? 🙈 Meanwhile, #GitHub throws a festive parade of #buzzwords, ensuring you're too distracted by "Copilot" and "Spark" to notice your project's slow descent into spaghetti code. 🍝
https://github.com/valdanylchuk/xcc700 #productiveweekend #Ccompiler #codingstruggles #spaghettiCode #HackerNews #ngated

👴🖥️ Ah, the thrilling saga of an old programmer who embarks on the riveting journey of crafting a C compiler for a fictional processor! Spoiler alert: he emailed the author because reading is hard. 📚💤
https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/ #oldprogrammer #Ccompiler #fictionalprocessor #codingadventures #hackernews #HackerNews #ngated

We ran a Unix-like OS Xv6 on our home-built CPU with a home-built C compiler

https://fuel.edby.coffee/posts/how-we-ported-xv6-os-to-a-home-built-cpu-with-a-home-built-c-compiler/

#HackerNews #Unix #Xv6 #HomeBuilt #CPU #CCompiler #TechDIY #HackerNews

🐢💾 Oh joy, someone unearthed a Jurassic relic from the primordial ooze of programming history: the first C compiler source code! Now you can bask in the glory of 1972 tech while pretending it’s a groundbreaking find instead of a dusty artifact only relevant to vintage nerds and digital archaeologists. 🚀✨
https://github.com/mortdeus/legacy-cc/tree/master/last1120c #Ccompiler #JurassicTech #VintageNerds #DigitalArchaeology #ProgrammingHistory #HackerNews #ngated

🌟 Behold! The software archaeology dig reveals: 🤓 A fossilized C compiler by the deity #dmr himself. Meanwhile, GitHub's AI overlords boast about their ability to do everything except resurrect dinosaurs. 🦖💻
https://github.com/mortdeus/legacy-cc #softwarearchaeology #Ccompiler #GitHub #AIoverlords #dinosaurresurrection #HackerNews #ngated