zrthxn / dang

Toy compiler

Dang

trying to learn practical compiler design with this one. not yet using llvm lang frontend, its a bit complex. The goal is to eventually get this up to level that it can be self-hosted.

Usage

To build the whole compiler, simply run

make build

To build the dang compiler written in dang, run

make compiler

Resources

Inspirations and Ideas

• LLVM: https://llvm.org/docs/tutorial/MyFirstLanguageFrontend/index.html
• Porth: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpM-Dvs8t0VbMZA7wW9aR3EtBqe2kinu4
• https://norasandler.com/2017/11/29/Write-a-Compiler.html

x86_64 reference

• https://www.felixcloutier.com/x86/
• https://www.nasm.us/doc/
• https://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs033/docs/guides/x64_cheatsheet.pdf