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## Table of Contents
- [Overview](#overview)
- [Source-to-Source Transformations](#source-to-source-transformations)
- [C Code Generation](#c-code-generation)
- [C Runtime](#c-runtime)
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- [Conclusion](#conclusion)
- [References](#references)
## Overview
TODO: overview of the compilation process
input file => scheme AST => IR's => C-gen => C compiler => exe or obj
## Source-to-Source Transformations
My primary inspiration for Cyclone was Marc Feeley's [The 90 minute Scheme to C compiler](http://churchturing.org/y/90-min-scc.pdf) (also [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxOM9Y5YrCs) and [code](https://github.com/justinethier/nugget/tree/master/90-min-scc)). Over the course of 90 minutes, Feeley demonstrates how to compile Scheme to C code using source-to-source transformations, including closure and continuation-passing-style (CPS) conversions.