btrc – C, but better. Built with AI in just a few weeknights
btrc is a statically-typed language that transpiles to C11. It adds classes, generics (monomorphized), type inference, lambdas, f-strings, collections (Vector, Map, Set), threads, GPU compute via WebGPU, ARC memory management, exception handling, and a standard library — while generating strict C11 with no runtime, no GC, and no VM. The compiler is a 6-stage Python pipeline (lexer → parser → analyzer → IR gen → optimizer → C emitter) driven by a formal EBNF grammar and an algebraic AST spec (Zephyr ASDL). The generated C is readable and linkable with any C11 compiler. It ships with a VS Code…
btrc – C, but better. Built with AI in just a few weeknights launched on March 2, 2026 with 5 votes, #1,928 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
C – but better. Contribute to schiffy91/btrc development by creating an account on GitHub.
In the maker’s words, at launch
btrc is a statically-typed language that transpiles to C11. It adds classes, generics (monomorphized), type inference, lambdas, f-strings, collections (Vector, Map, Set), threads, GPU compute via WebGPU, ARC memory management, exception handling, and a standard library — while generating strict C11 with no runtime…
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