[net.lang.c] Z80 version of PCC wanted

bormanp@stolaf.UUCP (Paul R Borman) (12/11/83)

Can anyone help us with this.  Actually and GOOD cross-compiler
would do, but it must conform to Kernighan and Ritchie.  We are
not looking for C80 (again).  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
We have a source license and will be willing to send a tape to have
it dumped on.

				Thanks in Advance
				Paul R Borman
				St. Olaf College
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				(507)663-2292

andree@uokvax.UUCP (12/15/83)

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uokvax!andree    Dec 13 18:24:00 1983

So, you want a PCC that's K & R for a z80? Well, I think you are out of
look. PCC isn't K & R, and hasn't been so for quite a while now.

If what you really want is a compiler package for moving code to/from
Unix and a z80 system, let me recommend the AZTEC C compiler from Manx
Software. This compiler is K & R except for bit fields. Cost is about
$200 for the CP/M version. They sell a Unix version of the same compiler;
I'd recommend getting that also. The AZTEC compiler is a bit stricter about
type checking than most Unix compilers, so you won't be able to port
antique code (pack & ar spring to mind), or poorly-written code. Hence
the recommendation that you get the Unix compiler.

If cost is a major problem, you might look into the Q/C compiler, version
3.2 or so. It's another small-C derivative, so it probably isn't what you
want.

	<mike