Chibil: A C compiler targeting .NET IL

algorithmsRcool 44 points 4 comments May 31, 2026
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pjc50

Note that Microsoft "cl /clr" also does this. It's a bit of a niche use case.

whizzter

The CLR model has always had support for instruction to support the C/C++ language, compile plugins or similar once and load/run on multiple platforms should be possible. However, iirc there might've been some issues with libraries making the cl /clr code unportable (don't quote me on that though), starting from scratch might yield a better result if one just wants to run C code everywhere.

le-mark

This is a c compiler (chibicc) ported to c#, and updated to emit .net IL ie bytecode.

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