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A tutorial repository teaching how to write a very simple JIT compiler in C, walking through building an interpreter for a toy machine-code language and then generating native code at runtime. It uses a Mandelbrot-set emulator as the running example.

Use cases

• learn how JIT compilers work
• understand dynamic code generation in C
• write a simple interpreter for machine code
• generate native machine code at runtime
• study executable memory and mmap-based code emission
• teach compiler internals with a minimal example

When to choose

• you want a hands-on, minimal introduction to writing a JIT compiler
• you are comfortable with C and UNIX system-level programming
• you want a small educational codebase to study rather than a production tool

When to avoid

• you need a production-ready JIT engine or library
• you want portable, optimized code generation across architectures
• you are new to systems programming and need more foundational material first

Facets

learning-resource · maturity maintenance

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