C as an intermediate language (2012)

Re:C as an intermediate language (2012) by argv_empty on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @07:59AM (#6057152)

From a look over the Amazon page, the book seems to be about writing a compiler in C, not about writing a compiler targeting C. Does it actually describe potential issues with compiling to C?

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Re:C as an intermediate language (2012) by pjmlp on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @08:26AM (#6057236)

It is an old book about implementing an C compiler in C.

The intermediate code is similar to the article, a mix of macros and basic C expressions as high level assembler.

I cannot remember all the details, the last time I used the book was around 1996.

You can still get the source code, http://www.holub.com/software/compiler.design.in.c.html

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Re:C as an intermediate language (2012) by octo_t on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @08:00AM (#6057156)

here's my one line C compiler (compiles to C):

  touch *.c *.h

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