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- From: robdoss@harrier (Robert C. Doss)
- Subject: C compiler for HP48
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- Organization: Napa Valley College
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 17:26:51 GMT
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- I was recently showing my HP48 to our network system administrator
- Chris Osborn. He asked me if it were possible to program in assembly
- language on the HP48. When I told him that I did not know I began to do
- some research on the subject. A few days later, after I discovered that
- it was indeed possible to program in assembly language on the HP48, I told
- Chris of my discovery. He then said something to me that really hit home
- and is the reason why I am posting this article. He said that because we
- can program in assembly language on the HP48, it could be possible to
- write a C compiler.
- It never dawned on me before, but it seems possible that there
- should be a way to write a C compiler for the HP48. Are there any C
- compilers out there for the HP48 ? If not are there any programmers up to
- writing a C compiler for the HP48 ? I myself could not even begin to
- write such a program. I would not know exactly what form a C compiler
- would take. I suppose it is possible to have the compiler in a library
- card that would take C text from the stack and compile it. Of course it
- is probably equally feasible to conceive an interactive C developer for
- the HP48 on a PC where the programmer types in the source code into an
- ASCII text file and the compiler would then assemble it and sent it to the
- HP48 as a binary transmission. Either method would considerably make
- programming on the HP48 significantly easier. And if a C compiler could
- be written, compilers for other languages such as FORTRAN, Pascal, BASIC,
- etc. could conceivably also be written. Because of vast number of
- programs that have been written in any of these languages, the number of
- available programs on the HP48 would significantly improve.
- I would like to hear any ideas and comments you might have on this
- subject. Please feel free to E-mail me at the address below. Also keep
- in mind that this is my first article I have ever posted on any newsgroup;
- so please excuse any mistakes I may have made in newsgroup protocol.
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- Robert C. Doss, Engineering Student
- Napa Valley College
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