Is it possible to build a interactive C shell?

Question

I'm just wondering if this is possible using either (Python, Java or C)? I'm looking for something like IPython for Python.

Answer 1

Yes, and such things already exist, you just have to google for them :-)

• Ch is one popular example
• CINT is another

That said, actually developing a functional interpreter like this from scratch is much more difficult than finding one online. So now it depends on what's behind your question - do you want just an interpreter to use? Then pick one of the linked above. Do you want to develop such an interpreter? Well, then start reading.

Answer 2

GDB, or any other debugger such as the ups debugger, will generally implement a subset of C that can be used interactively.

There is also the Ch C interpreter, a commercial C interpreter, and the open source ccons C interpreter, which is based on clang/LLVM.

Answer 3

c-repl should fit the bill.