I finished the x86-64 code generation for Linux and BSD in credence on Christmas morning, just in time to step away and spend time with family! ARM64 work has already started, and it's turning out to be even more exciting. The final test...
A few weeks after the first type-checking post, I was satisfied with the object table and type checker. So I started engineering the backend - I chose x86-64 as the first platform for code generation. I've made a lot of headway, but one...
Howdy, It's been a while :-). I've been largely immersed in modern C++ for the last few years—particularly C++20 and C++23, which have some groundbreaking changes if you haven't kept up. I'll get to...
I've been working on a noteworthy amount of language and compiler design for the last couple of years, both professionally and at home. In compiler theory, some of the most useful tools are intermediate languages, intermediate representation (IR)
