Re: Microcontroller Compilers (C)

henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer)
15 Feb 2001 00:44:16 -0500

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From: henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 15 Feb 2001 00:44:16 -0500
Organization: SP Systems, Toronto, Canada
References: 01-02-046
Keywords: C
Posted-Date: 15 Feb 2001 00:44:16 EST

In article 01-02-046,
Matt Guthaus <mobius@news.eecs.umich.edu> wrote:
>I work in a group that has several microcontrollers (ISAs) specified or
>being specified. Yet, we don't have a compiler yet...
>What would people recommend for the fastest way to get a prototype compiler
>working? GCC or LCC? Another compiler with a portable backend?


Well, the *fastest* way is undoubtedly to pay a company like Byte Craft,
which already specializes in doing good C compilers for microcontrollers,
to do it. But they won't come cheap.


I would guess that LCC is the best open-source base for a microcontroller
compiler for full C. The GCC people historically did not care about small
machines, and it shows.
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