aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/README.md
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
-rw-r--r--README.md9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 561a4e8..85ea24b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
[![builds.sr.ht status](https://builds.sr.ht/~mcf/cc.svg)](https://builds.sr.ht/~mcf/cc)
-This is a C11 compiler using [QBE] as a backend. It is released under the
-[ISC] license.
+This is a [C11] compiler using [QBE] as a backend. It is released under
+the [ISC] license.
+
+Several GNU C [extensions] are also implemented.
There is still much to do and some parts of the code are a little rough,
but it currently implements most of the language, is self-hosting,
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ It was inspired by several other small C compilers including [8cc],
## Requirements
-The compiler itself is written in standard [C11] and can be built with
+The compiler itself is written in standard C11 and can be built with
any conforming C11 compiler.
The POSIX driver depends on POSIX.1-2008 interfaces, and the `Makefile`
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ Please report any issues to https://todo.sr.ht/~mcf/cc-issues.
[QBE]: https://c9x.me/compile/
[C11]: http://port70.net/~nsz/c/c11/n1570.html
[ISC]: https://git.sr.ht/~mcf/cc/blob/master/LICENSE
+[extensions]: https://git.sr.ht/~mcf/cc/tree/master/doc/extensions.md
[8cc]: https://github.com/rui314/8cc
[c]: https://github.com/andrewchambers/c
[scc]: http://www.simple-cc.org/