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   mutazilah@gmail.com to anti...@math.uni.wroc.pl   
   Re: subc   
   30 Jan 22 20:17:14   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, January 31, 2022 at 4:02:01 AM UTC+11, anti...@math.uni.wroc.pl   
   wrote:   
      
   > Well, compiler algorithms were hard to invent. But now   
   > they are described in books and it is not hard to   
   > reproduce algorithm from a book.   
      
   It is when you don't understand the algorithm in the book.   
      
   My brain wasn't designed for complex algorithms.   
      
   I have other skills though.   
      
   > Concerning SubC, it looks like rather bad start for   
   > a full C compiler.   
      
   "full" meaning what level of the standard? I'm only   
   interested in C90.   
      
   And if there is difficulty in getting to C90, especially   
   finding someone willing to write "released to the   
   public domain", I'm interested in trimming down the   
   C90 standard to something that is actually   
   achievable.   
      
   > There are design decisions that   
   > make it more complex than necessary simultanously   
   > limiting what it can do. In particular using two symbol   
   > tables and acumulator model for code generation.   
      
   Could you explain these problems in more detail please?   
   I'd like to understand what is wrong with it.   
      
   > OTOH first Google hit on SubC is:   
   >   
   > https://github.com/DoctorWkt/SubC   
   >   
   > where a guy at the end is doing some modifications   
   > to SubC...   
      
   Thanks. I emailed him to see if we can maybe work together.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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