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- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 13:55:34 -0800
- From: tm@netcom.com (Toshiyasu Morita)
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- To: gnu-gcc-announce@rutgers.edu
- Subject: Re: GNU C-compiler port to 6502
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- In article <gnusenet4irqpb$7pc@esel.cosy.sbg.ac.at> you wrote:
- : Hi there!
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- : Is anybody out there by chance working on a gcc port to the 6502?
- : I have found an _lcc_ port, but that seems to produce rather poor assembly
- : for certain C code sequences.
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- Hmmm, which certain C code sequences?
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- : I would maybe try to port gcc myself, but only if there are volunteers
- : to assist me ;-)
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- : BTW: In my opinion it _should_ be possible to do such a port, because
- : there is a similar project already (namely Coactive's 68hc11-gcc).
- : Clear enough, one would have to define some pseudo-register scheme
- : and assembly macros to handle this, but this can certainly be done.
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- It would be nasty, and produce much worse code than lcc.
- lcc at least tries to use the native registers, instead of trying to use
- pseudo-registers.
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- : Greetings,
- : -Gerhard
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- Toshi
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