# The lang/pcc port

## pcc-1.0.0p8 – portable C compiler

## Description

    The compiler is based on the original Portable C Compiler by S. C.
    Johnson, written in the late 70's. Even though much of the compiler has
    been rewritten, some of the basics still remain.

    The intention is to write a C99 compiler while still keeping it small,
    simple, fast and understandable. Think of it as if it shall be able to
    compile and run on PDP11 (even if it may not happen in reality). But
    with this in mind it becomes important to think twice about what
    algorithms are used.

    The compiler is conceptually structured in two parts; pass1 which is
    language-dependent, does parsing, typechecking and build trees, and
    pass2 which is mostly language-independent.

    About 50% of the frontend code and 80% of the backend code has been
    rewritten. Most stuff is written by Anders Magnusson, with the
    exception of the data-flow analysis part and the SSA conversion code
    which is written by Peter A Jonsson, and the Mips port that were written
    as part of a project by undergraduate students at LTU.

WWW: http://pcc.ludd.ltu.se/

Only for arches
  amd64 i386
Categories:
  lang

## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

## Run dependencies