[Coco] Expert C programmer wanted

John R. Hogerhuis jhoger at pobox.com
Fri Feb 4 01:29:48 EST 2005


On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 00:12 -0600, Roger Taylor wrote:

> All of this is a hobby, anyway.  I'm not sure if anybody here is earning a 
> living writing 6809 programs or programs that write 6809 code.  I know I'm not.
> 
> Perhaps I will write this C compiler myself from scratch.  I can definately 
> do it, but I would never in a million years try to recover $165/hour that 
> it takes me to produce it, but if it's the only way for a 6809-based C 
> cross compiler to become available for Windows, then I will put this on my 
> agenda and promise to get it done.  Not only that, but it will eclipse the 
> quality of all existing compilers of it's kind.  Whether or not more than 
> 10 people will ever use it for it's worth, is something I cannot answer or 
> put a value on.  Hence, the $200 offer to come up with ANY form of a 
> working C cross compiler for the CoCo, that probably 10 people will appreciate.


Like I said it's a cool and worthy project Roger, truly I hope it
happens! I'm only suggesting you might want to consider some different
strategies for making it happen. Open Source model, bounty funding by
the community,  do it yourself, etc.

Good luck :-)

-- Joh.




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