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Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by rezonant on Friday February 06, 2026 @05:54AM (#46911345)
> Building a working C compiler ... is an impossible task

I think you might be thinking of C++

Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by icedchai on Friday February 06, 2026 @06:01AM (#46911404)
I’m not. I’ve been working with C on and off for 30 years. Linux requires GNU extensions beyond standard C. Once you get the basics done, there’s still a lot more work to do. Compiling a trivial program might work. But you’ll hit an edge case or 50 in the millions of lines in Linux.

I also should’ve qualified my message with “in 2 weeks”, or even “in 2 months.” Given more time it’s obviously possible for more people.