tcc-0.9.24: Tiny C compiler

[muggins]

http://bellard.org/tcc/

This is the brilliant tiny c compiler. I've compiled it using p2.16, but have also tested it on p3 & p4.

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#include <stdio.h>

int main() 
{
    printf("Hello World\n");
    return 0;
}

Copy the above & save as hello.c

Then if you enter:

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tcc -run hello.c

tcc will run the code without compiling it. To compile, enter:

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tcc hello.c -o hello

Then enter:

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./hello

[raffy]

Am sure you missed posting the compiled file because you're recompiling it using itself.

Exciting stuff, really. Thanks, Muggins.

[amigo]

The tccboot project is even more novel -it uses a grub-like bootloader with the tcc compiler integrated. When you boot the system it compiles its' own kernel from source(instead of loading a pre-compiled kernel). The kernel sources have extensive changes -I think it's a 2.4.26 or something that I got working.

Unfortunately my tcc-related stuff is not uploaded to my site at the moment or I'd point you to them.

On a practical level, tcc won't compile most of what you might like, unless you write or modify sources especially for the purpose. But it's very interesting anyway.