How I Built a Language That Beats C on LZ77 by 6.6 — Bootstrapped from Assembly A self-hosted systems language with zero C in the toolchain, and what two compiler optimizations did to destroy the competition on compression.
The article discusses the development of a new self-hosted systems language that outperforms C in LZ77 compression by 6.6. This language was created without using C in its toolchain and incorporates two significant compiler optimizations. The author shares insights into the design and performance improvements achieved through this innovative approach.
- ▪The new language is self-hosted and does not utilize C in its toolchain.
- ▪It achieves a 6.6 improvement over C in LZ77 compression performance.
- ▪Two specific compiler optimizations were key to its success.
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