The Super Tiny Compiler

This project is an educational compiler implementation and architecture demo. It serves as a small-scale C-style language compiler designed to demonstrate the fundamental stages of transforming source code into executable machine instructions.

The codebase functions as a tool for compiler architecture education and design prototyping. It illustrates the process of building an educational language implementation to help users understand the mechanics of parsing and code generation.

The implementation covers the primary stages of a compiler pipeline, including regular expression tokenization, recursive descent parsing, and abstract syntax tree representation. It utilizes a linear pipeline architecture to perform single-pass compilation and direct-to-assembly generation.

Features

Architecture Demonstrations - Provides a simplified implementation to demonstrate the core structural stages of a compiler pipeline.
Assembly Generators - Provides direct translation from a parsed syntax tree into machine-readable assembly instructions.
Educational Compilers - Serves as a small-scale project designed to teach the fundamental construction of a compiler.
Recursive Descent Parsers - Implements a recursive descent parser to convert token streams into a hierarchical tree structure.
Compiler Architecture Demos - Provides a minimal codebase illustrating the integrated workflow of lexing, parsing, and code generation.
Compiler Reference Implementations - Provides a studyable reference implementation of a compiler to demonstrate source-to-executable transformation.
Educational Implementations - Implements a small-scale programming language to demonstrate the mechanics of parsing and code generation.
Lexical Tokenizers - Uses regular expression pattern matching to perform lexical analysis and tokenize raw input strings.
C Source Translators - Translates a basic C-style language into machine-specific assembly instructions.
Compiler Design - Implements basic concepts of lexical analysis and syntax translation for design prototyping purposes.
Internal Tree Representations - Implements internal tree representations to model the logical structure of the program during the compilation process.
Single-Pass Generators - Emits machine instructions directly during the parsing phase in a single traversal of the source.
Pipeline Architectures - Organizes the compilation process into a sequential pipeline from lexing to code generation.
Programming Languages - A tiny compiler implementation for learning core concepts.

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Name: jamiebuilds/the-super-tiny-compiler
Author: jamiebuilds

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The Super Tiny Compiler

Features

Architecture Demonstrations - Provides a simplified implementation to demonstrate the core structural stages of a compiler pipeline.
Assembly Generators - Provides direct translation from a parsed syntax tree into machine-readable assembly instructions.
Educational Compilers - Serves as a small-scale project designed to teach the fundamental construction of a compiler.
Recursive Descent Parsers - Implements a recursive descent parser to convert token streams into a hierarchical tree structure.
Compiler Architecture Demos - Provides a minimal codebase illustrating the integrated workflow of lexing, parsing, and code generation.
Compiler Reference Implementations - Provides a studyable reference implementation of a compiler to demonstrate source-to-executable transformation.
Educational Implementations - Implements a small-scale programming language to demonstrate the mechanics of parsing and code generation.
Lexical Tokenizers - Uses regular expression pattern matching to perform lexical analysis and tokenize raw input strings.
C Source Translators - Translates a basic C-style language into machine-specific assembly instructions.
Compiler Design - Implements basic concepts of lexical analysis and syntax translation for design prototyping purposes.
Internal Tree Representations - Implements internal tree representations to model the logical structure of the program during the compilation process.
Single-Pass Generators - Emits machine instructions directly during the parsing phase in a single traversal of the source.
Pipeline Architectures - Organizes the compilation process into a sequential pipeline from lexing to code generation.
Programming Languages - A tiny compiler implementation for learning core concepts.

Projects sharing features with The Super Tiny Compiler

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thejameskyle/the-super-tiny-compiler
thejameskyle/the-super-tiny-compiler
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This project is an educational compiler implementation and a minimalist compiler construction tutorial. It serves as a practical example of how to build a functional compiler through a simplified end-to-end development process, transforming source code into executable instructions. The implementation is designed to teach the fundamentals of language implementation and compiler design. It focuses on the essential mechanics of transforming source code by demonstrating the core architecture of a translation process. The system covers the primary stages of compilation, including lexical analysis
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rui314/chibicc
rui314/chibicc
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Chibicc is a C11 compiler designed as a reference implementation for studying compiler construction. It translates C source code into machine-specific assembly instructions by utilizing a pipeline that includes lexical analysis, recursive descent parsing, and single-pass code generation. The project serves as an educational tool for understanding the internal architecture of compilers, from initial tokenization to the final emission of machine code. The compiler distinguishes itself through its self-hosting capability, which allows the software to compile its own source code into a functional
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rswier/c4
rswier/c4
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c4 is a minimalist C compiler and programming tool designed to translate C source code into executable machine code using a small set of functions. It functions as a stripped-down compilation utility focused on a tiny codebase. The project serves as an educational tool for studying the internal mechanics of the compilation process. It implements minimalist C compilation to demonstrate how source files are transformed into low-level binary executables. The compiler utilizes a single-pass compilation model with recursive descent parsing and direct-to-binary emission. It manages the translation
C
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The main features of jamiebuilds/the-super-tiny-compiler are: Architecture Demonstrations, Assembly Generators, Educational Compilers, Recursive Descent Parsers, Compiler Architecture Demos, Compiler Reference Implementations, Educational Implementations, Lexical Tokenizers.

Which projects share features with jamiebuilds/the-super-tiny-compiler?

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