His compiler, built with AI, targets everything from servers to a 6502

With the AI doing the grunt work he built a compiler for his own language that runs on Mac, Linux and Windows and cross-produces for those plus WASM, iOS, Android, Zynq, m68k and 6502, with a signed binary running on his phone.

How it works

With the AI doing the grunt work he builds the compiler
It runs on Mac, Linux and Windows
Cross-produces for those plus web, phones, an FPGA board, and two classic computer chips

Why it’s worth knowing

The target list runs from phones to a chip older than most of its users.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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