Date   : Tue, 30 Apr 2002 01:05:30 +0200
From   : "Isabel Cisternas & Robert Schmidt" <rschmidt@...>
Subject: Re: C compilers and emulator communications

> I have an idea for a particularly silly BBC program I want to write.  But
> it's not wholly trivial to code, and if I did it in 6502 it would probably
> be a bit too time consuming.  Does anyone know the state of the C
> compilers out there - are they any use for producing usable code?  I
> probably can do with just a compiler - don't need any libraries (I'll call
> OSWRCH etc myself), although things like multiply and divide would be
> nice.  Code size is probably also going to be a problem, but speed is
> probably not (my silly idea is going to be too slow to be useful
> anyway...).

Sounds like fun - have you seen http://www.cc65.org/?
I've been toying with the idea of adding the Beeb to the list of targets,
but I have a feeling I'd be in over my head.
Anybody else had a look at the work it would involve?


Cheers,
Robert