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...
Update: December 19th, 2025
Since I wrote this post, type checking in Credence has changed. Originally, I talked about how neat it was that I "accidentally" got a type system. Today, the Type Checker is more discrete and separate from the Table and...
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...