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63 points by glouwbug ago | 11 comments

An attempt at a single pass LLVM frontend in ~3000 lines of C without external dependencies, malloc, or an AST. Included are some graphical examples. The IR isn't perfect, and the README touches on one particular downfall

childintime |next [-]

Love this. But no explanations about the language. `defer` for example I didn't see in the 2 `main.n` I checked, and memory management remained a mystery. Would love to see a little more context.

Also, this is actually around 1000 lines.

felooboolooomba |next |previous [-]

Brilliant logo. I'm trying to put my finger on what it reminds me of. It tickles my brain.

unsheriff |root |parent [-]

Majin Buu?

felooboolooomba |next |previous [-]

This is just an observation, not a criticism of your brilliant project OP. People with sensory processing issues can struggle with reading text when everything is animating around it (as per readme).

thih9 |root |parent |next [-]

These days mainstream browsers offer a "hide distracting elements" feature, which makes hiding gifs trivial, especially in this case.

latexr |root |parent |previous [-]

I’m not doubting you, but what kind of sensory processing issues are you thinking of? I’m interesting in reading more if you have a link.

ElenaDaibunny |next |previous [-]

clean project, bookmarked it. always nice seeing side projects that actually ship instead of staying in readme-only mode forever.

fizza_pizza |next |previous [-]

This is seriously impressive. A single pass LLVM frontend in ~3k lines of C with no malloc or AST is kind of wild. The graphical examples were a really nice touch too. Curious to see how far you can push the IR.

bensanm |next |previous [-]

Looks really neat and minimalist - nice work :-) Big fan of Kishimisu's shader work - nice to see you featuring it on your main page.

mock-possum |next |previous [-]

What’s the connection to the snake clone or a half-byte?

binyang_qiu |previous [-]

Doing this in ~3k LOC C without malloc or an AST is honestly pretty impressive. Interested to see how far the IR can scale.