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Re:We mourn our craft by blibble on Saturday February 07, 2026 @07:32PM (#46929962)
writing a C compiler is a 1st year undergrad project

C was explicitly designed to make it simple to write a compiler

Re:We mourn our craft by hintymad on Saturday February 07, 2026 @08:24PM (#46930384)
Which university offers compiler for freshmen? Can you provide a link to the course?
Re:We mourn our craft by MajesticHobo2 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @11:03PM (#46931232)
Third or fourth, maybe, not first.
Re:We mourn our craft by icedchai on Sunday February 08, 2026 @05:33AM (#46933089)
These are toy compilers missing many edge cases. You’ll be lucky if they support anything other than integer types, nevermind complex pointer-to-pointer-to-struct-with-pointers type definitions. They certainly won’t support GNU extensions. They won’t compile any serious open source project, nevermind the Linux kernel.