Hacker NewsWriting a C Compiler, in Zig
https://ar-ms.me/thoughts/c-compiler-1-zig/
#HackerNews #CCompiler #Zig #ProgrammingLanguage #TechInnovation
N-gated Hacker NewsAh, Claude—because who needs native apps when you can have the bloated glory of Electron? 🤦♂️💻 Spend $20k on a genius #Ccompiler in #Rust and then wrap it in an oversized JavaScript burrito. Genius! Clearly, native is as fashionable as dial-up internet. 🙄🚀
https://tonsky.me/blog/fall-of-native/ #Electron #NativeApps #Technology #Humor #HackerNews #ngated
https://tonsky.me/blog/fall-of-native/ #Electron #NativeApps #Technology #Humor #HackerNews #ngated
AIagent.at 🤖 AI NewsSixteen #Claude #AIagents working together produced a 100,000-line #Rust #Ccompiler over two weeks, using 2,000 sessions at $20,000 API cost. The compiler passes 99% of GCC tests and compiled Linux, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, FFmpeg, and Doom—though C compilers are near-ideal for AI due to well-defined specs and existing test suites. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/sixteen-claude-ai-agents-working-together-created-a-new-c-compiler/?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI
JTIInteresting article on long running teams of Claudes working together, the harnesses used and the results. A C-compliler was built from scratch for 20K$.
I'm curious
- what will happen to the countless Claude memory and multi Claude orchestration solutions
- how the resulting compiler rates on human review in terms of performance and safety against the existing ones.
Article:https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-c-compiler
Ah, nothing screams "productive weekend" like cramming a mini C compiler for #ESP32 into 700 lines, because who doesn't want to debug more code on a microcontroller no one can spell? 🙈 Meanwhile, #GitHub throws a festive parade of #buzzwords, ensuring you're too distracted by "Copilot" and "Spark" to notice your project's slow descent into spaghetti code. 🍝
https://github.com/valdanylchuk/xcc700 #productiveweekend #Ccompiler #codingstruggles #spaghettiCode #HackerNews #ngated
https://github.com/valdanylchuk/xcc700 #productiveweekend #Ccompiler #codingstruggles #spaghettiCode #HackerNews #ngated
C-compiler to compile TCC for live-bootstrap
https://github.com/FransFaase/MES-replacement
#HackerNews #CCompiler #TCC #LiveBootstrap #OpenSource #GitHub
Someone thought it would be a great idea to write a C compiler in 500 lines of #Python 🤔, because who needs clarity and functionality when you have #chaos and Python syntax errors? 🙄 Spoiler: It's a "surprisingly functional" exercise in masochism, but hey, at least it's not covered comprehensively, so you can remain blissfully unaware of its inevitable crashes. 🐍💥
https://vgel.me/posts/c500/ #CCompiler #FunctionalProgramming #PythonErrors #HackerNews #ngated
https://vgel.me/posts/c500/ #CCompiler #FunctionalProgramming #PythonErrors #HackerNews #ngated
Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python
#HackerNews #CCompiler #Python500 #LinesOfCode #CodingChallenge #Programming #HackerNews
👴🖥️ Ah, the thrilling saga of an old programmer who embarks on the riveting journey of crafting a C compiler for a fictional processor! Spoiler alert: he emailed the author because reading is hard. 📚💤
https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/ #oldprogrammer #Ccompiler #fictionalprocessor #codingadventures #hackernews #HackerNews #ngated
https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/ #oldprogrammer #Ccompiler #fictionalprocessor #codingadventures #hackernews #HackerNews #ngated
Working through 'Writing A C Compiler'
https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/
#HackerNews #WorkingThrough #CCompiler #Writing #CCompiler #Programming #Education #TechBlog