alt Hacker NewsSingle standalone file, no external tools used, PATH='' (empty), portable (bash, dash, ksh, zsh), produces x86 ELF executables, has mini-libc builtin.
Usage:
printf 'int main(){puts("hello");return 0;}' | sh c89cc.sh > hello
chmod +x hello
./hello
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t-3 • today at 5:08 AM
Why not POSIX or some common external tools where it makes sense? Most of those big switch statements could be easily replaced with some standard programs that already exist everywhere.
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jonahx • today at 5:07 AM
gorgeous!
I can't think of a reason to use c89cc.sh, but I salute this effort nonetheless.