compilers-targeting-c VS vala-www

https://github.com/dbohdan/compilers-targeting-c

I'm long time fan of programming languages that compiles to C hoping that one day will fall in love with one endlessly! :-)

Somehow related: a list of open source compilers that can generate C code.

If we need a higher-level language in the kernel, it should be a copyfree-licensed language. Lua is already the language of choice for in-kernel scripting. There are many languages that compile to C (Nim, V, Chicken Scheme, etc), which makes them just as fast but a lot less bloated than Rust.

Sadly the best alternative to Apache-licensed LLVM is still LLVM version 8 (the last version under the original license). It should continue to compile well-written C programs (including everything in BSD base), as well as languages that compile to C (Nim, V, Chicken Scheme, etc). But newer C++ features, new hardware support, and ever-improving optimizations would not be available. This would result in a growing number of ports pulling in the latest LLVM/clang as a dependency...

I still use llvm80 (8.0.1_7) (mainly as the Nim / V / Chicken / etc backend), because it's the last Copyfree version, before the switch to Apache license.

https://vala.dev/

an apps list is here

else you have :

Vala (compiles to C, some GTK apps are written in this) - https://vala.dev/

There's also been a language called Vala, active since 2006!

https://vala.dev

The only language I can think of that fully meets these requirements is Vala. It is GNOME-centric, is available in any distro, has automatic memory management, and has bindings to a ton of open source libs.

> In my understanding, Nim at the moment is really a transpiled language, instead of compiled. Transpiled to C, then tooling uses clang or gcc to do compilation from C to target platforms.

If I understood correctly, like the Vala language: https://vala.dev/ (Note: Vala is strongly integrated with GObject).