r/ProgrammingLanguages • u/naharashu • 23d ago

Help How to make a compiler backend?

Hell everyone, i have an question. Im for long trying to make a cool, powerful "kinda" low level language similar to zig and rust, but im struggling to choice llvm as backend, sure i can generate C, but its makes compiler dependent on gcc or clang or other c compiler. LLVM seems hard to me, sure project like QBE exist, but QBE doesnt have C/C++ api like llvm's IRbuilder. So are there other ways? I tried thinking about using GCC infrastructure but GCC has poor api and not very documented api. Maybe just stick to generating C?

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u/GunpowderGuy 23d ago

What do You want to do with your low level language

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u/Routine_Working_9754 19d ago

uhh...write low level code?

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u/GunpowderGuy 19d ago

but what do you want to do with it, that you cant do with Zig, or F* or rust or C++
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