Re: [dev] Optimizing C compiler & c++ compiler/runtime

From: Joerg Jung <mail_AT_umaxx.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 13:09:44 +0100

Am 20.12.2013 um 16:22 schrieb Anthony J. Bentley <anthony_AT_cathet.us>:

> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Sylvain BERTRAND <sylware_AT_legeek.net> wrote:
>> There is also the question of finding a new C99 optimizing
>> compiler written properly in C of course.
>>
>> tinycc is interesting. It would require just a few basic
>> optimization passes to make it a reasonable alternative to gcc.
>>
>> There is also the openwatcom compiler.
>>
>> Anything else?
>
> I’ve been curious about libfirm and cparser but haven't looked at them
> closely yet.
>
> “Firm is a C-library that provides a graph-based intermediate
> representation, optimizations, and assembly code generation suitable
> for use in compilers.”
>
> http://pp.info.uni-karlsruhe.de/firm/
>
> “cparser is a library containing a parser, lexer and semantic analysis
> for the ISO C99 language. It should be used as a compiler frontend, a
> base for source-source transformation, or source-checker tools.”
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/cparser/

Not really on the "optimizing topic":

lcc https://sites.google.com/site/lccretargetablecompiler/
subc http://www.t3x.org/subc/
cc500 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/edmund.grimley-evans/cc500/

I prefer the second, but only the latter is really suckless ;)

Regards,
Joerg
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