Date   : Tue, 15 May 1984201:46:00-EDT
From   : jrv@Mitre-Bedford.ARPA
Subject: small c

Small-C was written by Ron Cain and first appeared in Dr. Dobbs
in source code.  It is, indeed, in the public domain.  Since
then, many fixes and extensions have been added, notably by
Jim Hendrix.  The most recent article was in the May 84 issue
of DDJ.  Small C is a very useful subset of C.  It produces
8080 assembly language and lacks floating point.
(However, I have converted mine to Zilog mnemonic assembly
language and installed floating point in mine.)  If you want a
compiler with source code available, it's the one to have.
Otherwise, there are others which are probably better.  Many
of them are extensively modified versions of Small C.  In
particular, I've heard good things about C/80.  I believe it's
only about $50.  I'm about to  get a Z100, and plan to run
DeSmet C on it.  
     "Any C is better than no C at all."
                         - Jim Van Zandt  (jrv at mitre-bedford)