Re: [Tinycc-devel] Can a biggener (and idiot) like me read and understand TCC's backend so I can create my own frontend with it?

[rempas]

24 Φεβ 2022, 18:51 Από ivopvp@gmail.com:

> On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:16:54 -0500 Christopher Conforti
> <christopher@conforti.xyz> wrote:
>
>> I hope I got this all straight, and I hope it helps!
>>
>
> Yes, you basically nailed it. If you have a parser for language, you
> can either execute it directly in the language your parser
> is written in (interpreter), or output intermediate code or assembly or
> object code directly (like tcc does).
>
> Writing a compiler starts with writing a parser for your language. What
> you do after that (interpret or generate code) is of second concern.
> Hope the OP understands that.
>
> Regards,
> Ivo
>
Thanks, I do understand that and I already knew. However, this doesn't answer 
my original question at all...