Show HN: The X Programming Language
Category: other
Tags: compiler, systems-programming, c-language
Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 9, Documentation: 7, Utility: 3)
The X Programming Language is a Rust-flavored C-like systems language with a fully custom compiler written in C, featuring a handcrafted recursive-descent parser, a multi-pass semantic analysis pipeline, a three-address code IR with iterative optimization, graph-coloring register allocation, and x86_64 code generation. It stands out for its sophisticated backend techniques like conservative coalescing and fixed-point optimizations, despite very early-stage adoption and limited utility beyond academic or hobby exploration.
Target audience: systems programmers, compiler enthusiasts
Repository: https://github.com/xqb64/X · C · MIT
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