ccpl-project (Experimental)

A simple C-style programming language compiler written in C++ with yacc and bison using custom assembly code and virtual machine.

This project is for educational purposes only and is not intended for production use.
In a word, this is a coursework of twlm🐱.

Key Features

• C-style syntax
• Statically-typed language
• Basic data types: int, char
• Composite data types: pointers, arrays, structures
• Control flow statements: if, else, while, for, switch...
• Global and local TAC optimization
• Custom assembly language and virtual machine

Environment Setup

Tested on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS WSL2.

1. build-essential
2. meson
3. yacc & bison

Run and Test ccpl

1. Build the ccpl project using Meson and Ninja:

   cd ccpl
   meson setup build
   ninja -C build

   or you can run vscode commands declared in .vscode/tasks.json.
2. Build the assembler and virtual machine:

   cd asm-machine
   make

3. Compile and run a ccpl source file:

   ./ccpl/build/ccpl path/to/source.m output.s; 
   ./asm-machine/build/asm output.s; 
   ./asm-machine/build/machine output.o

   or test an example in ccpl/test/:

   make test=xxx

   where xxx is the name of the test file without extension.

The ccpl Language

Please refer to the_ccpl_language.md for detailed documentation of the ccpl language.

The ccpl Compiler Architecture

Please refer to the_ccpl_architecture.md for detailed documentation of the ccpl compiler architecture.
Or you can refer to Deepwiki for more detailed explanations and design decisions.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.