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rat's minimal register allocator

rat is my smallish compiler backend (with a semi-working C99 frontend). Its x86-64 code generator translates the intermediate representation (IR) into x86-64 instructions. These use an unlimited number of virtual registers (vregs).

By hexrat.cc by hexratLobsters

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Originally published by Lobsters on Oct 7, 2026.

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