Re: Porting gcc
- To: MISC
- Subject: Re: Porting gcc
- From: jfox@xxxxxxxx (Jeff Fox)
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 14:13:23 -0400
Dear MISC readers,
I should mention that iTV has done a C and that Joe sent me some
mail about the observations from the project.
Here is the last paragraph of the mail he sent to me.
>Based on what I have learned about lcc and gcc in the past few months I
>would caution anyone from jumping into a gcc implementation for these type
>of processors. If someone is really interested I would recommend that they
>start by implementing a standard looking macro assembler. Both Andras and I
>have come to the realization that if you do want a high performance machine
>code C then you should start by writing a high performance macro assembler
>(with support for the memory, register, and data type issues). Once you
>have that, writing (or targetting) the C compiler becomes much easier.
>
>Joe
Jeff Fox jfox@dnai.com
Ultra Technology Inc. http://www.dnai.com/~jfox/