Writing a C Compiler, in Zig (2025)

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Introduction

This is a series of articles I wrote while developing paella, following Nora Sandler’s Writing a C Compiler. It served both as an exercise to learn Zig and as a way to stay productive while I am “between jobs”. The posts are collected here with only minor link fixes.

• Chapter 1: Intro
• Chapter 2: Unary
• Chapter 3: Binary
• Chapter 4: Logic
• Chapter 5: Variables
• Chapter 6: Conditions
• Chapter 7: Blocks
• Chapter 8: Loops
• Chapter 9: Functions
• Chapter 10: Linking

If/when I continue with the book, I will post the subsequent write‑ups here.