Re: Public domain compiler wanted dead or alive!

nr@hart.Princeton.EDU (Norman Ramsey)
Sat, 8 Aug 1992 19:41:58 GMT

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From: nr@hart.Princeton.EDU (Norman Ramsey)
Organization: Princeton University, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1992 19:41:58 GMT
References: 92-08-026
Keywords: C

I've been happy with David Hanson and Chris Fraser's `lcc' compiler for
ANSI C. The compiler is under 10,000 lines of C and is reasonably easy to
read and modify. One drawback is that the `production' code generators
are not publicly available, but there is a publicly available sample code
generator for the VAX. A new set of production code generators may become
available sometime soon. Available via anonymous ftp to
princeton.edu:pub/lcc (128.112.128.1).
[Some reports claim that in many circumstances lcc produces better object
code than the much larger GCC. -John]
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