dforgeas / amacc

Small C Compiler generating ELF executable for ARM architecture

AMaCC = Another Mini ARM C Compiler

Introduction

AMaCC is built from scratch, supoorting ARM architecture. There are 3 execution modes AMaCC implements:

• Just-in-Time compiler for ARM backend
• Generate valid Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) executables
• Interpreter-only execution

Compatibility

AMaCC is capable of compiling C source files written in the following syntax:

• data types: char, int, struct, and pointer
• condition statements: if, while, for, switch, return, and expression

Prerequisites

• Install Linaro ARM Toolchain

  • linaro-toolchain-binaries (little-endian)

• Install QEMU for ARM user emulation

sudo apt-get install qemu-user

Running AMaCC

Run 'make check' and you should see this:

[ compiled ]
hello, world
[ nested ]
hello, world

Acknowledgements

AMaCC is based on the infrastructure of c4. Hacker News discussions.