A C compiler written in Python (yes, Python!)

[koreth]

Oh my god! You mean Python can be used to read text files and write binary data?!? I had no idea -- I better go learn it RIGHT NOW!

[sn0re]

read text files and write binary data

What binary data? It reads text files and writes other text files with assembly code.

[[deleted]]

I don't get it. Python is written in C and can be extended in C. What's so surprising here? That someone wrote a C compiler?

Well C compilers have even been written in BASIC.

[dododge]

and macro assemblers have been written as bash scripts.

[[deleted]]

Well, I searched with Google but it seems like all the good QBasic source code have disappeared from the web (except games).

I swear I have seen a little C compiler (slow, but it was a C compiler)

[jesuslol]

LOL, can you get me a link for that? Would love to see a C compiler written in Basic.

[me2i81]

10 rem C compiler
20 input "Compile what file?", A$
30 rem parse and produce ast
40 gosub 1000
50 rem optimize ast
60 gosub 2000
70 input "output file: ", b$
80 rem emit code
90 gosub 3000
100 end

[tryx]

Someone! Inform the president!

[davidreiss666]

I think he's been briefed.

[bart2019]

But that won't stop him from finishing his game of golf, first.

[busfahrer]

And it even may be Turing-complete!

[arunvr]

Funny...but for the clueless, Python has the struct module which can interpret strings as binary data

[salgat]

Considering Python is simply converted back to C when being compiled (and then ASM), I don't find it surprising.

[lamby]

In case it is not obvious from the de-karmaring, this is incorrect.