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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea19cad --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +This is a C11 compiler using [QBE] as a backend. + +There is still much to do and the code is a little rough, but it currently +implements most of the language and is self-hosting. + +Still TODO: +- Come up with a name so it can be installed alongside the system `cc`. +- The preprocessor (currently we are just using the system `cpp`). +- Bit-fields. +- Passing structs with embedded unions by value. +- Variable-length arrays. +- `volatile`-qualified types (requires support from QBE). +- `_Thread_local` storage-class specifier (requires support from QBE). +- `long double` type (requires support from QBE). +- Inline assembly (requires support from QBE). + +[QBE]: https://c9x.me/compile/ |