I am creating a toy compiler as a training project, and now I am in the phase of code generation. I found this page describing a lot of different assemblers that I could aim at, and I would like to get some recommendations for selection.
My goal is to optimize my learning experience - for this purpose I tried to make decisions that will give me the most useful knowledge in the future. Here are some examples:
- using many intermediate steps, not directly from AST to ASM
- targeting x64 / Linux, not JVM or LLVM
I understand that this is quite subjective, so try to clarify further: I prefer open-source property, widely used in order not to be widely used, from broad to specific. To this end, I would avoid something like HLA, as it is more "specific" than a true ASM.
If this sounds particularly uninformed, I am still participating, so feel free to let me know if I am "doing it wrong."
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