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From: lm03_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Larry Moss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: C compilers for 8 bit machines
Summary: Something I've been thinking about.
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Date: 24 Mar 90 23:23:33 GMT
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The topic of C compilers for the eight bit Apples comes up fairly often.
I've been thinking for a long time about a possible solution.  Well, it
won't help everyone but it would help some people. Has anyone considered
writing a cross compiler for the 6502 that can run on a UNIX machine?
(or for that matter, any machine that people on the net have access to).
The biggest problems that seem to come up with developing a compiler for
the Apple II's are lack of memory and speed.  If I could work on
something on the Sun 3/60 I'm typing on right now, both of those problems
would be taken care of.

I haven't written very much for my II+ in several years because I just
don't enjoy it anymore.  I like playing games on it sometimes and
occassionally there are times that a quick Applesoft hack will help me to
get something done.  There are many times that I wish I could use my
Apple for a project, but I just don't have the time to get something
working with Aztec C or the patience to work in Assembly (gee, it's been
a while since I did anything in Assembly...).

For those of us that are lucky enough to have access, a workstation would
be a fantastic development environment.  Especially since there's someone
out there now that's working on a an Apple II emulator for X (sorry, I
can't remember your name). I don't have any experience writing compilers
and my 6502 Assembly is kinda rusty, but I do have the source for a
simple C interpretter that was in Dr. Dobbs last summer and it seems like
as reasonable a start as any unless someone else can suggest something.

- Larry
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