{"id":40,"date":"2025-12-02T09:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2025-12-03T00:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:35:29","slug":"securelang-c-toolchain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/technology\/securelang-c-toolchain\/","title":{"rendered":"SecureLang\u2122 C Toolchain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The SecureLang\u2122 C Toolchain offers a classic C-based programming experience with extended support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While competing vendors may talk a lot of shit about C\/C++, I operate in the real world where C is the reliable and recommendable choice, and this is a simple core product for experienced programmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Supports most (not all) legacy C features and some simple-but-useful extensions (no C++ bloat)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can compile itself and most associated tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New 64-bit RISC-V backend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also retains some support for 64-bit legacy PC targets (no ARM support, but that could be added if someone pays)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports multiple assembler\/linker backends<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Based on legacy &#8220;public domain&#8221; code with minimal dependencies (no parser generators or other such magic, plain C implemented in plain C)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small size while remaining practical<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Works like an old fashioned multistage C compiler pipeline (assembler &amp; linker as separate units, preprocessor partly integrated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Limitations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No optimisations in the backend, produces naive &amp; straightforward executable code<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No IDE support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limited support for third party operating systems, mostly used for SecureLang\u2122 Custom OS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SecureLang\u2122 C Toolchain offers a classic C-based programming experience with extended support. While competing vendors may talk a lot of shit about C\/C++, I operate in the real world where C is the reliable and recommendable choice, and this is a simple core product for experienced programmers. Features Limitations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":49,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/85"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/securelang.net\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}