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Chibil: A C compiler targeting .NET IL

30 points by algorithmsRcool ago | 3 comments

whizzter |next [-]

The CLR model has always had support for instruction to support the C/C++ language, compile plugins or similar once and load/run on multiple platforms should be possible.

However, iirc there might've been some issues with libraries making the cl /clr code unportable (don't quote me on that though), starting from scratch might yield a better result if one just wants to run C code everywhere.

pjc50 |previous [-]

Note that Microsoft "cl /clr" also does this. It's a bit of a niche use case.

cxr |root |parent [-]

The creator of lcc also published a paper "lcc.NET: targeting the .NET Common Intermediate Language from Standard C".

<https://drh.github.io/documents/msil-spe.pdf>

One problem with lcc has always been that it's distributed as source available with restrictions and has never been available under a FOSS license.