PL/0 JIT compiler

A tiny PL/0 JIT compiler in less than 900 LOC with LLVM and PEG parser which handles 'Divide by Zero'.

Library dependencies:

• Parse and AST build: cpp-peglib
• Code Generation: LLVM 13.0.1

Build on Mac OS

brew install llvm
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin"
make

Usage

> cat samples/square.pas
VAR x, squ;

PROCEDURE square;
BEGIN
   squ := x * x
END;

BEGIN
   x := 1;
   WHILE x <= 10 DO
   BEGIN
      CALL square;
      ! squ;
      x := x + 1
   END
END.

> pl0 samples/square.pas
1
4
9
16
25
36
49
64
81
100

Benchmark with Fibonacci number [0, 35)

> make bench
*** Python ***
real	0m8.367s
user	0m8.153s
sys	0m0.129s

*** Ruby ***
real	0m3.064s
user	0m2.916s
sys	0m0.097s

*** PL/0 ***
real	0m0.249s
user	0m0.234s
sys	0m0.008s

License

MIT