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Life & fun · December 28, 2016

8cc.cr – compile-time C compiler implemented as Crystal macros

compile-time C compiler implemented as Crystal macros - makenowjust/8cc.cr

8cc.cr – compile-time C compiler implemented as Crystal macros launched on December 28, 2016 with 9 votes, #1,597 of 3,449 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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