Chibil: A C compiler targeting .NET IL(github.com)
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Chibil: A C compiler targeting .NET IL
https://github.com/MichalStrehovsky/chibil
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This is a c compiler (chibicc) ported to c#, and updated to emit .net IL ie bytecode.
The CLR model has always had support for instruction to support the C/C++ language, compile plugins or similar once and load/run on multiple platforms should be possible.
However, iirc there might've been some issues with libraries making the cl /clr code unportable (don't quote me on that though), starting from scratch might yield a better result if one just wants to run C code everywhere.
However, iirc there might've been some issues with libraries making the cl /clr code unportable (don't quote me on that though), starting from scratch might yield a better result if one just wants to run C code everywhere.
Note that Microsoft "cl /clr" also does this. It's a bit of a niche use case.
The creator of lcc also published a paper "lcc.NET: targeting the .NET
Common Intermediate
Language from Standard C" (2004).
<https://drh.github.io/documents/msil-spe.pdf>
One problem with lcc has always been that it's distributed as source available with restrictions and has never been available under a FOSS license.
<https://drh.github.io/documents/msil-spe.pdf>
One problem with lcc has always been that it's distributed as source available with restrictions and has never been available under a FOSS license.
OrangeC targets IL too.