रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)1d ago

Cool:

“The Fil-C Optimized Calling Convention”, Filip Pizlo (https://fil-c.org/calling_convention).

On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48162876

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/5mnt43/fil_c_optimized_calling_convention

#C #Compilers #Programming #FilC #MemorySafety #Capabilities #CallingConvention #ABI #Optimization #Efficiency #Speed

The Fil-C Optimized Calling Convention

N-gated Hacker NewsMay 18
🐒 Behold, the #FilC #Optimized #Calling Convention: because who doesn't dream of a world where #memory #safety is as thrilling as watching paint dry? 🖌️ This article dazzles with the riveting promise of handling catastrophic #code #chaos, which is just what we've all been waiting for while knitting 🤦‍♂️. If only we had a better calling #convention for managing all these new buzzwords! 📞✨
https://fil-c.org/calling_convention #technology #buzzwords #HackerNews #ngated
The Fil-C Optimized Calling Convention

Hacker NewsMay 18

The Fil-C Optimized Calling Convention

https://fil-c.org/calling_convention

#HackerNews #FilC #CallingConvention #OptimizedProgramming #TechNews #HackerNews

The Fil-C Optimized Calling Convention

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 17
Ah yes, the thrilling world of #FilC, where we simplify a "memory safe" version of C by rewriting everything with the grace of a toddler with finger paints. 🎨💻 Because nothing says #innovation like rehashing old concepts with more buzzwords than a Silicon Valley power lunch. 🚀
https://www.corsix.org/content/simplified-model-of-fil-c #MemorySafety #CProgramming #TechBuzz #HackerNews #ngated
A simplified model of Fil-C

N-gated Hacker NewsJan 19
🚀 Wow, hold the presses: a #groundbreaking project that's basically a Qt wrapper with a sprinkle of Fil-C - because, you know, what the world really needs is yet another way to overcomplicate a perfectly functional framework! 🤔 With a staggering 3 commits and 1 branch, it's clear this juggernaut of #innovation is about to revolutionize...absolutely nothing. 🎉
https://git.qt.io/cradam/fil-qt #QtWrapper #FilC #Overcomplication #HackerNews #ngated
Cristian Adam / fil-qt · GitLab

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Hacker NewsJan 19

Fil-Qt: A Qt Base build with Fil-C experience

https://git.qt.io/cradam/fil-qt

#HackerNews #FilQt #QtBase #FilC #Experience #OpenSource #Development #GitQt

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How Fil-C Works
https://fil-c.org/how

> Fil-C achieves memory safety for C and C++ code by transforming all unsafe operations in LLVM IR into code that does dynamic checking to catch all violations of Fil-C’s rules.

#CLanguage #FilC #Cpp #LLVM

How Fil-C Works

Show threadरञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Nov 12, 2025

Very impressive:

“InvisiCaps: The Fil-C Capability Model”, Filip Pizlo (https://fil-c.org/invisicaps).

See Also: “Fil's Unbelievable Garbage Collector”, Filip Pizlo (https://fil-c.org/fugc).

#C #FilC #MemorySafety #Programming #GarbageCollection #GC #InvisiCaps #FUGC

InvisiCaps: The Fil-C Capability Model

Show threadरञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Nov 11, 2025

Ooh! DJB seems to be impressed (enough) by #FilC to try it out extensively 🧐:

“Notes By djb On Using Fil-C”, DJ Bernstein (https://cr.yp.to/2025/fil-c.html).

On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45788040

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/zc73xh/notes_by_djb_on_using_fil_c

#C #Programming #Linux #Debian #Benchmarks

Show threadरञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Nov 8, 2025

“A Note On Fil-C”, Graydon Hoare (https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/320265.html or https://web.archive.org/web/20251107034852/https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/320265.html if it 403s 😒).

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/ywvatn/note_on_fil_c

On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45842494

#FilC #Rust #MemorySafety #Programming #C #ProgrammingLanguages

graydon2 | A note on Fil-C