[Coco] C Programming

Sat Feb 6 21:40:07 EST 2010

Hi,

There is a version of "make" that is much better.

The author I forget except that he changed his name. He also wrote other 
OS-9 software.
After I changed a source file all I had to do was start a batch file and the 
executable was rebuilt. And perhaps the ram disk changes were copied to the 
floppy so that the changes would not be lost.

I suggested long ago that a web page listing what you just provided would be
useful.

I wish I had time to build one, but I do not.

Collecting all the files into a HD image would also be useful.

I can provide a dsk image that may be set up ready to go, but I have not 
looked at it for decades.

I also have many CD's and files that are at the level of K&R. "C". JPL 
Library, Numerical Recipes, Graphical Segmentation, and much more.

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] C Programming

> On Saturday 06 February 2010, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>Yes but we have a preprocessor (Front End?) that does much of the
>>conversion. But not all.
>>
>>Anyone using "C" should make a substitution of a better set of tools.
>>
>>Perhaps someone has a list of then, I remember a post years ago.
>>
>>Maybe from Gene.
>>
>>SHF
>>
> 1. Ansifront-0.12 is a given.  It converts a huge percentage of ansi-c src
> code into something digestible by the rest of the compiler.
>
> 2. My cprep19 is another unless your srcs never go over 8 or 9k.
> Basicly, if your code compiles but crashes, use my cprep, its been tested
> with sources to nearly 40k.
>
> 3 cc drivers, including our old 'make' or any of the scripts are up to the
> user. All can do the job if run correctly.
>
> 4. cc1->cc2 can be used, or there are copies of cc itself about, usable
> only
> an a coco3 with more memory.  No particular speed advantage to the one
> piece
> version if using a ramdisk for scratchpad.  Results at the output are
> identical. Assembly code, code that may just show you a trick or 2 if just
> learning assembly.  Its also a good place to stop the build, plug in your
> own
> tricks, and then continue with the assembly and linking.
>
> 5 there is an extra c.opt2 about that can help a wee bit.
>
> 6. There is, only for coco3, a "CnoY" utility that removes y register use
> as
> its a cycle longer to use, a minor speedup in the object.
>
> 7. There must now be at least 3 or 4 versions of its 'rma', relocating
> macro
> assembler, and I believe matching versions of r.link, which takes the
> assembled code, and links in the library routines to make a complete,
> standalone executable binary.  The idea between 4 and here, is that if you
> do
> come massaging of the assembly code to optimize it better for the h6309,
> then
> you will also need the later versions of rma that understand 6309
> nemonics,
> and I believe for the linker used.
>
> 8. The std clib.l (??name) should probably be replaced with Karl Kreiders
> version, more accurate, and more optimized.
>
> 9. For trig usage, there is the trig.l that was built from code published,
> somewhat sloppily IMO, in the rainbow long ago.  I had a heck of a time
> telling the diffs between the character one '1', and the letter el 'l' as
> shown by the font and dmp printer output used to make the plates that
> printed
> the rainbow.  It only works right when you get it right.  And gives
> answers
> accurate to 1.0ee+-16 or 17 digits, that is a few digits more accurate
> than
> the other languages we have.
>
> There is probably more, but that is a general outline.
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Dave Kelly" <daveekelly1 at embarqmail.com>
>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 3:40 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] C Programming
>>
>>> Willard Goosey wrote:
>>>>  Old Testament: _ by Brian W. Kernighan
>>>> and Dennis M. Ritchie, First Edition.  This is exactly (except for a
>>>> few ommisions and bugs) the language the compiler supports.
>>>>
>>>> It's out of print, so look for it used.
>>>>
>>>> Also:  The manual for the C compiler itself, and the docs for all the
>>>> replacement programs and libraries for it.
>>>
>>> There are 2 versions of "The C Programming Language". One is ANSI 'C'
>>> and
>>> the older version is not.
>>> OS9 is the other, pre-ANSI 'C', first edition.
>>>
>>> function_name ( int variabel, char *varable ) produces an error.
>>>
>>> function_name ( )
>>> int variabel;
>>> char *varable;  does not.
>>
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