Re: C compiler for PDP-11 sought, optimizing for size in general

> I am looking for an optimizing compiler that can take ANSI C (I know
> about unprotoize, so a K&R C compiler will do) and produces PDP-11
> assembly code that is optimized for size rather than for speed.


If you can find a copy, the book by William Wulf et al, "The Design of
an Optimizing Compiler", Elsevier, 1975, is about precisely this (a
PDP-11 optimizing compiler that tries really hard to optimize for
space).


According to a June 2000 comp.compilers message 00-06-122
from John McEnerney (johnmce@texas.net), this book...
# is in fact available as a print-on-demand. Or at least it was 10 years
# ago when I had mine printed (some years after it was out of print)


[The POD version is now http://wwwlib.umi.com/bod/fullcite?id=123873,
costs about $55 ]


At that time, our esteemed moderator also commented
| [Hey, how about that. It's a little cheaper if you order it through
| Borders.


[Borders online is gone, but if you search at used.addall.com you
can find used copies of the original book for about $40. -John]


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