[Tinycc-devel] RE : Speed of development of a compiler.

[Christian JULLIEN]

I depends on what you mean by "create a compiler supporting one simple language like C"
It may take one month to have something that looks like C. It takes several years for team to develop a fully conforming ISO implementation (including standard library). Here I don't speak about backend execution speed.
While tcc is a very nice compiler we all love, it is not full ISO compliant (any version you choose). They are few to many corner cases not fully implemented and it relies on gcc for a large part of its library.

C.

> ----- message d'origine -----
> De : "AlexandreFressange" <address@hidden>
> date mar. 24/11/2015 17:09 (GMT +01:00)
> À : "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Objet : [Tinycc-devel] Speed of development of a compiler.
>
> Hello,
>
> I saw the dates on the tcc page and wonder how much time it *realistically* take to create a compiler supporting one simple language like C (but not C) and two architectures (x86_64 and arm).
>
> The optimizing part is obviously the biggest "issue" (<-> skills). I hack kernels and have a pretty good understanding of the optimizations out there and low level stuffs. As well as readings on the compiler optimization subject.
>
> There isn't one answer to this question, really. I basically need your experience/opinion on this. From insiders.
>
> Thanks
>
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> Alex
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