Nibble: A C-like systems programming language that generates LLVM IR without malloc or external dependencies
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Summary
Nibble is a C-like systems programming language written in 3000 lines of C that demonstrates a novel approach to generating LLVM IR without relying on external dependencies or heap allocations. It supports a range of features including defer, recursion, various data types (integer, float, boolean), structs with GLSL-like operators, pointers, function pointers, branching, loops, type checking, basic C interoperability via generic pointers, and reasonable error messages. The project includes four graphical demos requiring SDL2.
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Nibble was written in 3000 lines of C to demonstrate an approach to LLVM IR generation without relying on external dependencies or heap allocations.
Nibble supports defer, recursion, integer, floating, and boolean types, structs (simply named types), GLSL-like struct operators, pointers, function pointers, branching, loops, type checking, basic C interoperability via generic pointers, and reasonable error messages.
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