Show HN: Nibble
64 points - today at 1:46 AM
An attempt at a single pass LLVM frontend in ~3000 lines of C without external dependencies, malloc, or an AST. Included are some graphical examples. The IR isn't perfect, and the README touches on one particular downfall
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childintime today at 8:18 AM
Love this. But no explanations about the language. `defer` for example I didn't see in the 2 `main.n` I checked, and memory management remained a mystery. Would love to see a little more context.
Also, this is actually around 1000 lines.
felooboolooomba today at 7:50 AM
Brilliant logo. I'm trying to put my finger on what it reminds me of. It tickles my brain.
felooboolooomba today at 7:53 AM
This is just an observation, not a criticism of your brilliant project OP. People with sensory processing issues can struggle with reading text when everything is animating around it (as per readme).
ElenaDaibunny today at 10:30 AM
clean project, bookmarked it. always nice seeing side projects that actually ship instead of staying in readme-only mode forever.
fizza_pizza today at 10:14 AM
This is seriously impressive. A single pass LLVM frontend in ~3k lines of C with no malloc or AST is kind of wild. The graphical examples were a really nice touch too. Curious to see how far you can push the IR.
bensanm today at 9:52 AM
Looks really neat and minimalist - nice work :-) Big fan of Kishimisu's shader work - nice to see you featuring it on your main page.
mock-possum today at 4:43 AM
What’s the connection to the snake clone or a half-byte?
binyang_qiu today at 6:16 AM
Doing this in ~3k LOC C without malloc or an AST is honestly pretty impressive. Interested to see how far the IR can scale.