[Coco] [Color Computer] Cross development for 8 bits. Was: RELIC Is Coming...

[Boisy Pitre]

On Feb 28, 2007, at 2:21 PM, James Diffendaffer wrote:
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> Sarcasm aside... congratulations, that's a lot of work and I commend
> you for it.  I hope work on your degree is going well.

James,

Sarcasm is noted as such :)  Thanks for the kudos...

> I'm anxious to see how good the code your compiler produces is.
> It would be interesting to see which front end optimizes better.  If
> your compiler is based on a better front end then SDCC probably
> wouldn't be the best choice, not for the CoCo anyway.  I can't say
> I've been thrilled with the level of activity around improving SDCC
> beyond fixing the crashes but there appears to be a new release in the
> works so I may change my mind.

The front-end's code is horribly inefficient, though the trade-off is  
ease of development.  The i-code optimizer which sits behind the  
front-end is where significant optimization will take place, and  
where a lot of the complexity of analyzation will be.  I think it  
will be interesting to compare sizes of optimized vs non-optimized  
binaries, and I plan to have that demonstrated at the CoCo Fest.

Will you be coming to the fest?

Boisy