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From: jrd@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM (John R. Dunning)
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Subject: CC65 released!
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Date: 15 Oct 89 22:11:00 GMT
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    Date: 14 Oct 89 04:42:21 GMT
    From: m2c!wpi!jhallen@husc6.harvard.edu  (Joseph H Allen)

    And is it Yet-Another Smallc Derivative or is it a real compiler?

Yes, it is a member of the Small-C family, but it's had considerable
stuff added to it compared to most of them (structs, real
pointer-handling etc).  As for whether it's 'real', well, it works, and
all the source is available.  I think it's a win compared to the
ACE-C/CC8 frobs, as it's not an interpreter.  Beyond, you'll have to
judge for yourself.

    The only real PD compiler I've ever seen is GNU C.  Unfortunately I doubt that
    will be working on Atari 800s any time soon...

Right.  Given that the executable's almost 10 times the address space of
a 6502...