[COFF] C compiler in 512 bytes

[Paul Guertin]

I must admit my initial reaction was "Why is everyone so
excited about this? A subset-of-C compiler in 512 lines is
a nice exercise but nothing really spec...

Wait, _bytes_?"

A beautiful hack indeed, and nicely written up as well.

P.


Dixit Clem Cole (2023-05-24 21:06):
> This is an outstanding hack.  So creative.  SW bloat is such a problem.  
> It’s nice to see a minimalistic view — What do I really need to do the 
> job - ie reminds me of John Mashey’s old “Small is Beautiful” ACM lectures.
> 
> Thanks for passing it along.
> 
> Clem
> On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 8:15 PM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com 
> <mailto:imp at bsdimp.com>> wrote:
> 
>     This appeared in my news feed and hacker news.
>     https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html <https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html>
> 
>     Warner
> 
> -- 
> Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual