Build a C Compiler
Build a C compiler from scratch: lexer, recursive-descent parser, type checker, IR generation, x86-64 code generation, optimization passes (constant folding, dead code, register allocation), and linking. Builds the full pipeline like chibicc, GCC, and Clang.
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What you’ll have built
Chapter by chapter. Every step is a graded exercise.
- Lexing & Parsing
- Type Checking & IR
- Code Generation
- Optimizations & Linking
Starts in Python — solve in the language you choose in the editor, same tests either way.
Curriculum
4 chapters, 14 lessons. Each lesson is a short read, one graded exercise, and a quiz.
- 1The Compiler PipelineRead · exercise · quiz
- 2The LexerRead · exercise · quiz
- 3Recursive Descent ParsingRead · exercise · quiz
- 4Parsing Statements & DeclarationsRead · exercise · quiz
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