clang VS constexpr-8cc

Compare clang vs constexpr-8cc and see what are their differences.

clang

Mirror kept for legacy. Moved to https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project (by llvm-mirror)

constexpr-8cc

Compile-time C Compiler implemented as C++14 constant expressions (by keiichiw)
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clang constexpr-8cc
2 2
2,797 787
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0.7 3.9
about 4 years ago almost 3 years ago
C++ C++
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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clang

Posts with mentions or reviews of clang. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-25.
  • InCeption
    4 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 25 Jun 2022
    Well, it's written in both actually (https://github.com/llvm-mirror/clang). What I was saying was that it was not written in LLVM, so I don't really know why you even said that
  • Primitive Type Optimisation Question
    1 project | /r/rust | 13 Jan 2021
    For example, clang's stdint.h says "We currently assume that the minimum-width types and the fastest minimum-width types are the same." So you might not actually be getting anything -- other than portability hazards -- by using those types.

constexpr-8cc

Posts with mentions or reviews of constexpr-8cc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-20.
  • Constexpr Advent of Code
    3 projects | /r/cpp | 20 Dec 2021
    Is C enough? https://github.com/keiichiw/constexpr-8cc
  • `Constexpr` Is a Platform (2020)
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Aug 2021
    https://github.com/keiichiw/constexpr-8cc

    This tool embeds a C compiler as a constexpr, so in theory you can do all the work at compile time and just output a static string at run time. But currently I am having trouble getting it to work, so it's perhaps not so glorious other than the amount of time it takes to compile.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing clang and constexpr-8cc you can also consider the following projects:

assimp - The official Open-Asset-Importer-Library Repository. Loads 40+ 3D-file-formats into one unified and clean data structure.

RE2 - RE2 is a fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python. It is a C++ library.

Betty - Holberton-style C code checker written in Perl

Better Enums - C++ compile-time enum to string, iteration, in a single header file

Commander-Genius - Modern Interpreter for the Commander Keen (Vorticon Dreams and Galaxy) and also Cosmos Cosmic Adventure games. This is a mirror repo: The main gitlab repository is at: https://gitlab.com/Dringgstein/Commander-Genius

stb - stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++

ccache - ccache – a fast compiler cache

C++ Format - A modern formatting library

Cppcheck - static analysis of C/C++ code

color_coded - A vim plugin for libclang-based highlighting of C, C++, ObjC

semver.c - Semantic version in ANSI C