Re: Creating a compiler for a new device: where to start?

"Neal Bridges" <nbridges@interlog.com>
7 May 2001 23:18:00 -0400

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Andreas Koch <akoch@rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de> wrote in message
> i am thinking about assembling a small hobby computer, based on a
> microcontroller. This controller can only execute code in ROM, so i
> will have to create an interpreter in ROM and execute apps i load into
> external RAM.


Forth is ideal for the constraints you describe. There is very likely
already a Forth compiler for the microcontroller you're using; if by chance
there isn't, writing one is a very fast route to a working compiler.


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Neal Bridges
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