Re: ELKS CVS imported into Git with all history

On 07/02/12 21:38, Jody Bruchon wrote:

> Additionally, I'd like to assemble a list of open-source compilers that
> can build for 8086 and either are targeted to other 16-bit CPUs or can
> be relatively easily retargeted (I use that term loosely with compilers.
> If anyone has suggestions for alternative compilers, please email me
> with them, and I'll build a list and examine the merits of each against
> the others.

I 'maintain' the Amsterdam Compiler Kit, the compiler written by Andy
Tanenbaum and Ceriel Jacobs. It's here:

http://tack.sourceforge.net

It compiles, poorly, for a bunch of different architectures; it contains
 its own runtime libraries and toolchains and is a turnkey solution to
producing (static) binaries for small devices. Plus it supports a
variety of different languages, including K&R C, ANSI C, Pascal and
Modula-2.

Alas, there's no 6809 support other than an assembler. (And possibly
linker support, too.)

(The scare quotes around 'maintain' are because I haven't touched it for
ages --- the compiler architecture is interesting but painfully limited
and rather less useful than I thought it would be, and there's very
nearly no interest. But it *is* a working compiler.)

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