CJIT: C, Just in Time

taylorallred•37 minutes ago

Pair this with Fil-C(https://fil-c.org/) and now you have C but as a truly bonafide scripting language.

dang•about 2 hours ago

Show HN: CJIT, a single-binary C compiler that can self host - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751458 - April 2026 (1 comment)

C, Just in Time - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42246209 - Nov 2024 (7 comments)

(Pity the Show HN didn't get attention - we'll email the author)

apitman•41 minutes ago

Cool idea.

I was wondering why the release explicitly is `cjit-x86_64-ubuntu-24.04` instead of generic linux, but it does in fact appear to not work on Arch:

`tcc: error: file '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1' not found`

I'm guessing that's due to a `dlopen` since it's not listed by `ldd`

The TUI demos work great, but I couldn't get the SDL examples to resolve all the missing symbols after trying for a bit.

michaelcampbell•about 2 hours ago

Looks interesting and fun, but in no instance of any C compiler I've come across is the "classic example" of "hello, world" using `fprintf(stderr, ...)`

To each their own I guess.

jsLavaGoat•26 minutes ago

Inspired by Terry. But does it glow?

theogravity•42 minutes ago

The site visually feels "compressed" due to the font used? It's a bit jarring. The tutorial link in the header nav doesn't go anywhere.

gosukiwi•about 1 hour ago

Did you use Codex 5.4 for the web design? :p I think Codex tends to do very similar designs, could be completely mistaken tho

zamadatix•about 1 hour ago

Looks like a generic static site generator page to me. I'd be surprised if dyne folks used a closed system like Codex specifically.

grebc•about 1 hour ago

Sweet project! I will give this a go today :)

omoikane•about 1 hour ago

> inspired by HolyC by Terry Davis

Definitely was not expecting this reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS#HolyC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_A._Davis

uticus•about 2 hours ago

https://dyne.org/cjit/graphics.html#cjit-for-graphical-appli...

> Be welcome to the exciting world of graphical C applications using SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer). SDL, originally developed by Sam Lantinga in 1998...

That's batteries included.

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