C Interpreter (Not Compiler)?

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Is there an interpreter for C?

Is there a "C implementation" which acts the same as the "C abstract machine" when executing a C program? That is, a simple interpreter for C as it is described in a C standard such as C99.

There are many implementations of the C programming language that are compilers (Clang, GCC, MSVC). I'm looking for an open source implementation of a C interpreter.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '11 at 15:47

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CINT - http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/cint But it is not C99 AFAIK.

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Open-source, though (compare to Ch). – Sh'mu'el Lowenstein May 12 '11 at 15:57

pmg · Answer 2 · 2011-05-12T15:57:50.867

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google "cint", "ch".

I like tcc (also there are some links that my prove fruitful in there). tcc is basically a compiler, but you call it with a shebang line

#!/usr/local/bin/tcc -run
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) { puts("Hello, World!"); return 0; }

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 12 '11 at 15:48

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Ch is "an embeddable C/C++ interpreter and scripting language for cross-platform scripting, numerical computing, shell programming, 2D/3D plotting, quick animation, and embedded scripting."

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C Interpreter (Not Compiler)?

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