From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bqt@update.uu.se (Johnny Billquist) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 16:12:37 +0100 (CET) Subject: [pups] Re: GCC In-Reply-To: <020119095435.21e004b5@TRAILING-EDGE.COM> Message-ID: On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 SHOPPA at TRAILING-EDGE.COM wrote: > Johnny Billquist writes: > > DECUS C might be a better starting point. > > DECUS C is kind-of a funny case. Whereas most C compilers are > traditionally maintained and distributed as C source code, DECUS C > is distributed and maintained in PDP-11 assembly language. True. > For other C compilers, a significant milestone was when they were > rewritten in C and compiled themselves. DECUS C is the odd guy out because > it never tried to reach this milestone. In some sense this is a good thing, > because it lets you build it on a machine without any access to any C compiler. Which definitely is a good thing in this case. Since most systems don't have a C compiler anyway, the first compiler have to get down there someway, and MACRO-11 is the only language you *know* exist. I'm soon done with a cleanup of DECUS-C by the way. I've tried to collect all the different versions I can find, and incorporated my own fixes as well. This version will support I/D space correctly in RSX (which no other version except my in-house hacks have done), will have a working profiler again, and also supports RMS and DAP. Fun fun... I'm testing it right now, and most things looks like they are working like a charm. However, if someone have plenty of time, and an RSTS/E or RT-11 system around, I'd sure appreciate some help. I've tried to keep those parts up-to-date as well, but I cannot test, or fix broken things. This compiler have been a mess for many years now... About time it got some cleanup. Oh. And I don't know if Allan Baldwin (sp?) have some extra hacks in for his IP-stack, and I haven't even investigated. Anyone know? Johnny Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at update.uu.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol