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<img src="https://aro.vexu.eu/aro-logo.svg" alt="Aro" width="120px"/>
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2023-10-15 00:48:38 +08:00
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# Aro
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2023-10-15 00:48:38 +08:00
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A C compiler with the goal of providing fast compilation and low memory usage with good diagnostics.
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Aro is included as an alternative C frontend in the [Zig compiler](https://github.com/ziglang/zig)
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for `translate-c` and eventually compiling C files by translating them to Zig first.
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Aro is developed in https://github.com/Vexu/arocc and the Zig dependency is
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updated from there when needed.
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Currently most of standard C is supported up to C23 and as are many of the common
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extensions from GNU, MSVC, and Clang
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Basic code generation is supported for x86-64 linux and can produce a valid hello world:
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```sh-session
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$ cat hello.c
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extern int printf(const char *restrict fmt, ...);
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int main(void) {
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printf("Hello, world!\n");
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return 0;
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}
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$ zig build run -- hello.c -o hello
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$ ./hello
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Hello, world!
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$
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```
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