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Dev tools · September 14, 2018

cgen – A tool for writing C code with metaprogramming in JavaScript

A tool for generating C code with metaprogramming in javascript - saltzm/cgen

cgen – A tool for writing C code with metaprogramming in JavaScript launched on September 14, 2018 with 6 votes, #1,058 of 2,635 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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