How Compiler Explorer Works in 2025(xania.org)

188 points by vitaut 1 year ago | 31 comments

Compiler Explorer Cost Transparency(xania.org)

11 points by hasheddan 1 year ago | 0 comments

Aliasing(xania.org)

84 points by ibobev 10 months ago | 25 comments

Inlining – The Ultimate Optimisation(xania.org)

49 points by PaulHoule 9 months ago | 18 comments

When Compilers Surprise You(xania.org)

223 points by brewmarche 10 months ago | 96 comments

Beating the Compiler(mattkeeter.com)

172 points by mkeeter 2 years ago | 60 comments

The earliest versions of the first C compiler known to exist(github.com)

351 points by diginova 1 year ago | 161 comments

GitHub repository containing source code of the earliest known versions of Dennis Ritchie's first C compiler (last1120c and prestruct).

Compiler bootstrapping depends on more than you might think(utcc.utoronto.ca)

6 points by gavinhoward 12 days ago | 1 comments

A blog post by Chris Siebenmann discussing how compiler bootstrapping can be affected by operating system changes and other dependencies.

Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python(vgel.me)

454 points by vgel 3 years ago | 142 comments

Blog post by vgel describing the design and architecture of a small C compiler written in about 500 lines of Python.

Advent of Compiler Optimisations 2025(xania.org)

356 points by vismit2000 10 months ago | 62 comments

Matt Godbolt announces the Advent of Compiler Optimisations 2025, a daily blog post and video series in December covering C and C++ compiler optimisations.

I built a programming language that LLMs can't use(blog.picheta.me)

244 points by dom96 8 days ago | 179 comments

Blog post by Dominik Picheta introducing KillSwitch, a programming language he designed so that large language models cannot use it.

Writing a Rust compiler in C(notgull.net)

361 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 186 comments

Blog post by John Nunley announcing Dozer, a Rust compiler written in C, and explaining why he is building it to bootstrap Rust.