[$] QBE 1.3: metaprogramming, performance, and cross-platform support
Date:
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:50:40 +0000
Description:
QBE , a compact compiler backend developed by Quentin Carbonneaux, is a lightweight alternative to larger compiler backends such as LLVM and GCC. Designed to be small enough for a single developer to understand, QBE uses a static single-assignment (SSA) intermediate representation (IR), supports the C ABI,
and serves as the backend for projects such as Hare and
the cproc C11 compiler. Frontends
emit the textual form of QBE's IR directly; QBE then takes care of register allocation,
optimization, and native-code generation, producing assembly for the target architecture.
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https://lwn.net/Articles/1080519/
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