[m-users.] CompCert C as a backend for Mercury ?

[Dirk Ziegemeyer]

Hi Sean,

just in case you need some more distractions with Coq, I can recommend the Software foundations series [1], Volume 1 and 2. There is also a volume 0 "Discrete Math in Coq (alpha)" [2] which might be a good starting point.

Dirk

[1] https://softwarefoundations.cis.upenn.edu/
[2] https://cs.pomona.edu/classes/cs54/book/


> Am 02.05.2022 um 15:14 schrieb Sean Charles (emacstheviking) <objitsu at gmail.com>:
> 
> IT was a long shit! 
> 
> :D
> 
> However, the fruits of my exploration this morning are such that I have now become interested in Coq, like I need more distractions.
> 
> THanks
> 
> 
>> On 2 May 2022, at 13:25, Julien Fischer <jfischer at opturion.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, 2 May 2022, Sean Charles (emacstheviking) wrote:
>> 
>>> Today I learned of:   https://compcert.org/
>>> A formally verified C compiler. I wondered what exposure it has to the
>>> erudite members of this thread, and more to the point, has anybody
>>> tried to compile the output of the mercury compiler with it?
>> 
>> Not to my knowledge.  I was aware of its existence, but since its
>> license does not allow commercial use and one of the things I do with
>> Mercury is develop commercial software there didn't seem any compelling
>> reason to look into it further.
>> 
>>> It would seem like a match made in heaven.
>>> I will be downloading this compiler to see what I can do with it.
>> 
>> Just so you're aware: there's bit more to it than just doing
>> 
>>   $ ./configure --with-cc=ccomp
>> 
>> If you search the git repository for when we added support for clang**
>> (circa 2011), that might give you some idea of what is required to use
>> a new C compiler.
>> 
>> The obvious starting point is: can you successfully compile the Boehm
>> GC with it?
>> 
>> Julien.
> 
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