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Re:Compiling at Compile Time by w-m on Friday November 08, 2019 @05:46AM (#21481185)
And then there's this compile-time C compiler implemented as C++14 constant expressions of course:

https://github.com/keiichiw/constexpr-8cc

Can be only months now, until somebody combines a constexpr compile-time C-to-WASM compiler with a constexpr compile-time WASM interpreter to run any software ever written, at compile time..

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Re:Compiling at Compile Time by lonelappde on Friday November 08, 2019 @09:53AM (#21482689)
That would require emulating all syscalls (side-effects) to get a mock of the Real World inside the compile time environment.
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Re:Compiling at Compile Time by enriquto on Saturday November 09, 2019 @03:08AM (#21490300)
the path to glory is a long and arduous one
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