Create C compiler using C# and visual studio 2017

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How can i write a program using C# and visual studio 2017 that compile a code source writing on C programming, How can i do that? any simple solution to write this program? if not , so how can i use flex and bison for that program ? If C# didn't do this job, what is the perfect language that i can use to create this C compiler, thanks

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I tried to coding a program that can compile a C code source and show errors in output of my program (interface)

Posted 25-Nov-17 8:19am

abdou_31

Updated 25-Nov-17 11:08am

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Rick York 25-Nov-17 15:27pm

There are articles at this site that describe how to do this. Do some searching here, to start anyway.

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2017-11-25T08:29:00

Solution 1

Have you tried Googling for "How to write a C compiler[^]"?

This is not a trivial task. There is nothing simple about it.

Now, if you were looking to just compile C code, you could always just launch the CL.exe command line compiler.

I have no idea what the intent of this project is so it's impossible to tell you "what's best".

Posted 25-Nov-17 8:29am

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abdou_31 26-Nov-17 4:18am

What is CL.exe?

Dave Kreskowiak 26-Nov-17 9:49am

The C/C++ compiler in Visual Studio.

CPallini · Answer 2 · 2017-11-25T11:08:00

Solution 2

Building a C compiler from scratch, altough feasible, is rather complex.
Tools like flex and bison would actually simplify the task. However, they are C/C++ oriented. You might have a look at ANTLR[^].

Posted 25-Nov-17 11:08am

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abdou_31 26-Nov-17 4:17am

I'm using C# right now , so how to add flex and bison to my project ?

CPallini 26-Nov-17 6:26am

I won't use flex & bison with C#. Either change the tools or change the programming language.