How many lines of code does a compiler contain?

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  • xic

    CS 4120: A compiler for the Xi language in OCaml (by manishsaha)

    I cloc'd two compilers for xic, compilers written by cornell students for a compilers class which compile a toy C-like language down to assembly, possibly with some extensions. One compiler was about 11k sloc, the other about 32k. Both compilers are written mainly in OCaml, which is a terse language that is pretty optimal for compiler development, but have some java code in them as well. I think these are good examples of mostly minimal compilers which compile a C-like down to asm, though they are very rudimentary compared to more serious projects. I want to emphasize that this is not very meaningful without more details about what you are looking to know.

  • InfluxDB

    Purpose built for real-time analytics at any scale. InfluxDB Platform is powered by columnar analytics, optimized for cost-efficient storage, and built with open data standards.

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  • xic

    A compiler for the Xi programming language

    I cloc'd two compilers for xic, compilers written by cornell students for a compilers class which compile a toy C-like language down to assembly, possibly with some extensions. One compiler was about 11k sloc, the other about 32k. Both compilers are written mainly in OCaml, which is a terse language that is pretty optimal for compiler development, but have some java code in them as well. I think these are good examples of mostly minimal compilers which compile a C-like down to asm, though they are very rudimentary compared to more serious projects. I want to emphasize that this is not very meaningful without more details about what you are looking to know.

  • Amun

    A Statically typed, compiled general purpose low level programming language built using C++ and LLVM Infrastructure framework designed to be simple and fast

  • AECforWebAssembly

    A port of ArithmeticExpressionCompiler from x86 to WebAssembly, so that the programs written in the language can run in a browser. The compiler has been rewritten from JavaScript into C++.

    Well, my AEC-to-x86 compiler contains 2'000 lines of code (click "View Source"), and the much more feature-rich AEC-to-WebAssembly compiler contains 5'500 lines of code.

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