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Sparse is a semantic parser that serves as a compiler frontend capable of parsing most ANSI C and many GCC extensions, with a collection of sample compiler backends including a static analyzer also called Sparse. It uses annotations to convey semantic information about types, such as address space pointers and lock semantics. The project, started by Linus Torvalds and maintained by developers including Christopher Li and Luc Van Oostenryck, is distributed via Git and can be built with make and installed locally.