[Coco] Re: GCC for the 6809

[Tim S]

Might want to also look at the http://sdcc-m08.sourceforge.net/ also the 
stuff seems to be all 8 months old,
but it might be worth it in case it has NOT all been rolled into SDCC.

Tim S


"Mark McDougall" <msmcdoug at optushome.com.au> wrote in 
message news:41AF8863.1040908 at optushome.com.au...

>A Schober wrote:

>

>> There appears to be a decently working C compiler at

>> sdcc.sourceforge.net.  It is primarially for 8051s but

>> also has a basic 68HC08 target (and others).  This

>> might be easier to work on than the gcc behemoth.

>

> Yes, I've actually used sdcc (8051) for a 'real' product.

>

> It has a few limitations/bugs, and I can't say I've even looked 'under the 

> hood', but IMHO I think it would be a more suitable candidate for the 6809 

> than gcc. From what I've heard, gcc is really only suited to 16-bit and 

> above CPUs.

>

> How much work do you think you've put into gcc so far James? And how much 

> more until it's 'done'?

>

> Regards,

>

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