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Subject: Re: question about linker
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:06:50 -0800
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 26/11/2024 20:00, Bart wrote:
>
>> On 26/11/2024 19:38, Thiago Adams wrote:
>>
>>> Do you have any idea what else can be simplified when creating a C
>>> compiler?
>>
>> What are you asking;  are you thinking of writing one?  Because C
>> compilers already exist!
>>
>> If so, think of what you would find troublesome.  I could create a
>> long list of things that makes C harder to compile than my own
>> language.
>
> Since BGB posted a list, here's mine;  it is not exhaustive:
>
>
> Hard C Features
>
> [...]

Most of the items on your list are not really very hard.  Some
are rather tedious, and some are something of a pain in the ass,
but that doesn't make implementing them hard;  just tedious.