• [$] QBE 1.3: metaprogramming, performance, and cross-platform support

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Sat Jul 11 06:40:09 2026


    QBE, a compact compiler backend developed by Quentin Carbonneaux, is a lightweight alternative to larger compiler backends such as LLVM and GCC. Designed to be small enough for a single developer to understand, QBE uses a

    static single-assignment (SSA) intermediate representation (IR), supports the C ABI,
    and serves as the backend for projects such as Hare and
    the cproc C11 compiler. Frontends
    emit the textual form of QBE's IR directly; QBE then takes care of register allocation,
    optimization, and native-code generation, producing assembly for the target architecture.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1080519/
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