Does "root" do what you want? https://root.cern/ https://root.cern/primer/#learn-c-at-the-root-prompt Includes a c++ interpreter (which includes all of C) that interprets C as you go, then at your option, compile a just-interpreted function, dynamically link it, and use the compiled version of that function in further interpreted commands.
I think this (root) is under-appreciated or unknown by C community. On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 3:49 AM Basile Starynkevitch < bas...@starynkevitch.net> wrote: > Hello all, > > Paul Markfort suggested > > > > This is just a suggestion to make it easier for Linux/Unix users to > > use the Gnu compilers instead of having to use a scripting language > > for short little utilities. > > > > I know someone has created and released a binary C interpreter for > > this purpose. > > But why would you want to install another program, if you could > > essentially use the tools you already have. > > > > I think gcc (and all the compilers) should support the "#!" in source > > files to make something similar easily possible. > > > I agree with that suggestion. > > On Linux, there are limitations given by execve(2) system call. > I observe that Clang/LLVM people might disagree with it. > > One of the issues is that we could want several C files compiled into > one shared library. > > Another of the issues is that we could want to specify different code > generation or optimizations. Perhaps the second non comment line could > be some #pragma. > > GCC allows the standard input to be used. > > Maybe a possibility might be to have a /usr/bin/gcc-stdin executable? > > Observe that tinycc (a quick non-optimizing open source C compiler) > already has the wanted feature > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_C_Compiler > > > TCC-DOC(1) Tiny C Compiler > > TCC-DOC(1) > > > > NAME > > tcc - Tiny C Compiler > > > > SYNOPSIS > > usage: tcc [options] [infile1 infile2...] [-run infile > > args...] > > > > DESCRIPTION > > TCC options are a very much like gcc options. The main > > difference is that TCC can also execute directly the > > resulting program and give it runtime arguments. > > > > Here are some examples to understand the logic: > > > > "tcc -run a.c" > > Compile a.c and execute it directly > > > > "tcc -run a.c arg1" > > Compile a.c and execute it directly. arg1 is given as > > first argument to the main() of a.c. > > > > "tcc a.c -run b.c arg1" > > Compile a.c and b.c, link them together and execute them. > > arg1 is given as first argument to the main() > > of the resulting program. > > > > > Best wishes for 2025. > > PS my open source project is a GPL inference engine on > https://github.com/RefPerSys/RefPerSys/ > > > -- > Basile STARYNKEVITCH <bas...@starynkevitch.net> > 8 rue de la Faïencerie > 92340 Bourg-la-Reine, France > http://starynkevitch.net/Basile & https://github.com/bstarynk > >
