phil@westcsr.UUCP (05/07/84)
<> Regarding the recent comments on the various C compilers available for CP/M-80, I agree that C/80 is generally good but suffers from an inadequate library (especially the printf bug). Consequently, some time ago, I started to write a new one - to be compatible with the standard Unix library. This is now done with the exception of float related functions (and I'll do that lot in the summer). What I want to know is: Is there sufficient interest in it for me to re-package and distribute it (for a nominal sum to cover disk, carriage etc.) ? If anyone is interested could they mail me, if there is enough response I'll post details on the net of how to get it. Here are a few details: - needs Z80, CP/M 2.2 and M80/L80 - approx. ninety functions and system variables - printf works properly (with a simple patch to the compiler) - limited form of stty - proper lseek, set/longjmp and malloc/free - command line parser supports >> - separate CP/M library to allow direct access to BDOS - can alter device drivers at run time Now a quick wish-list. Does there exist, or does anybody fancy writing, an assembler/linker tailored to the C/80 compiler? For instance, with some sort of optimiser, that would follow the same rules concerning variable names as C/80, that would be automatically loaded from C/80. Just a thought. Phil Thompson Dept. of Computer Science Westfield College Kidderpore Ave. Hampstead London NW3 7ST England
simmons@ecn-ee.UUCP (05/11/84)
#R:westcsr:-12700:ecn-ee:18100001:000:74 ecn-ee!simmons May 10 15:05:00 1984 I would be interested, certainly if the full Z80 instruction set is used.