[Coco] C compiler self-hosting on NitrOS9 again!

[Bill Pierce]

Jeff, you can do dsk releases separately as a "release".
I've just spent 2 1/2 hours just making the files "OS-9 compatible" and am now moving them to my OS-9 system.
Don't get me wrong, I'm am not trying to put your work down. You have done a fine job and I applaud your efforts. We need all the options we can get. I was just suggesting ways it could be easier on the end user. Most people would not go through what I just did LOL.
I really have no need for an "ansi-compatible" compiler as I do most of my work in old "pre-ansi" K&R, but I see the need for being able to use C sources from other systems that do use ansi. I have run into this a few times and had do the conversion by hand which doesn't always work LOL.

As for the OS-9 compatible file format, you can use Notepad++ and keep all you files compatible. NotePad++ is an open source editor and (I think) runs on all platforms. Just set "Edit/EOL Conversion/Macintosh" and your texts will be in the proper format for OS-9.

Keep On Cocoing...
Bill P.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Teunissen <deek at d2dc.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Mon, May 4, 2020 12:08 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] C compiler self-hosting on NitrOS9 again!

The reason I don't use disk images to maintain code is because there is no
possibility of properly keeping source history that way, and that's vastly
more important to the future than having the convenience of making it easy
to distribute.

It's certainly possible to generate an os9-format disk image from the
contents of the repo, I have just not yet done it.

The repository includes an ANSI-ish C preprocessor that seems to do a
better job than c_prep 19a/b/c, though it includes the history of c_prep as
well.

On Mon, May 4, 2020, 10:00 AM Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> I assume this compiler runs under OS-9/NitrOS9. Why noy present it as OS-9
> code on OS-9 formatted disk images ready to be copied to one's HD?
>

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