Re: Public domain compiler wanted dead or alive!

suley@xantos.uio.no (Suleyman Kondakci) writes:


>Is there a simple public domain compiler, with useful documentation,
>which can be used for educational/experimental purposes.


The Small C compiler which is often distributed with Minix software is
worth a look. It's a public domain compiler for a subset of C, based on
an earlier, similar compiler from Dr. Dobbs' Journal. Comments are scant,
and it's not quite powerful enough to use comfortably for complicated jobs
(for example, it does not handle structs or unions, has no floating-point
support, and does not support more than one level of indirection), but
appears to cover many of the basics of compilation techniques, and claims
to be powerful enough to compile itself. It's also small and simple
enough for a beginner to be able to follow the source without much fasting
or prayer.


Small C is available for anonymous FTP from bugs.nosc.mil in directory
/pub/Minix/common-pkgs/small-c.tar.Z. It produces 8080, 6809, M68K, and
VAX code.
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