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rxcc - Rochester X C Compiler
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An x86 C compiler written in Swift.

## Overview
Have you ever woken up one day and said to yourself, "Man, I'd really like to build a compiler today."?

Could be just me.

Well, ever since that fateful day, I've been chiseling away at this mammoth task, adding functionality in stages by following [this series](https://norasandler.com/2017/11/29/Write-a-Compiler.html).

## Features
This project is under active development, but here is a list of the currently implemented C language features:
* __Unary Operators__: The ~ (bitwise compliment), - (negation), and ! (logical negation) operators are implemented for integers, and can be applied to any term.
* __Arithmetic Operators__: The + (addition), - (subtraction), * (multiplication), and / (division) operators are implemented for integers, parsed according to their precedence levels in C.
* __Functions__: Each file currently supports exactly one function (so you'd be wise to make it "main"), with exactly one statement: an integer return statement. So yeah, not so useful yet.
* __Variables__: To be implemented soon.
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README 2026-02-01 11:45:39 -05:00			`An x86 C compiler written in Swift.`

README 2026-02-01 11:48:39 -05:00			`## Overview`
README 2026-02-01 11:45:39 -05:00			`Have you ever woken up one day and said to yourself, "Man, I'd really like to build a compiler today."?`
README 2026-02-01 11:50:57 -05:00
README 2026-02-01 11:45:39 -05:00			`Could be just me.`
README 2026-02-01 11:50:57 -05:00
README 2026-02-01 11:45:39 -05:00			`Well, ever since that fateful day, I've been chiseling away at this mammoth task, adding functionality in stages by following [this series](https://norasandler.com/2017/11/29/Write-a-Compiler.html).`

README 2026-02-01 11:48:39 -05:00			`## Features`
README 2026-02-01 11:50:57 -05:00			`This project is under active development, but here is a list of the currently implemented C language features:`
README 2026-02-01 11:52:48 -05:00			`* __Unary Operators__: The ~ (bitwise compliment), - (negation), and ! (logical negation) operators are implemented for integers, and can be applied to any term.`
			`* __Arithmetic Operators__: The + (addition), - (subtraction), * (multiplication), and / (division) operators are implemented for integers, parsed according to their precedence levels in C.`
README 2026-02-01 11:45:39 -05:00			`* __Functions__: Each file currently supports exactly one function (so you'd be wise to make it "main"), with exactly one statement: an integer return statement. So yeah, not so useful yet.`
			`* __Variables__: To be implemented soon.`
README 2026-02-01 11:48:39 -05:00