RE: [pups] Re: GCC - TUHS

19 Jan 2002

Johnny,

I have access to both RT-11 and RSTS/E systems here.  I would be happy to
give the testing a shot.  My preference would be RT first, and then if you
get no other takers, RSTS.

Regards,

			Steve

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  -----Original Message-----
 From:	Johnny Billquist [SMTP:bqt@update.uu.se]
 Sent:	Saturday, January 19, 2002 10:13
 To:	SHOPPA(a)trailing-edge.com
 Cc:	PUPS(a)minnie.tuhs.org
 Subject:	Re: [pups] Re: GCC

 On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 SHOPPA(a)TRAILING-EDGE.COM wrote:

  Johnny Billquist &lt;bqt(a)update.uu.se&gt;
writes:
  DECUS C might be a better starting point. 

 DECUS C is kind-of a funny case.  Whereas most C compilers are
 traditionally maintained and distributed as C source code, DECUS C
 is distributed and maintained in PDP-11 assembly language.  
 True.

  For other C compilers, a significant milestone
was when they were
 rewritten in C and compiled themselves.  DECUS C is the odd guy out  because
  it never tried to reach this milestone.  In some
sense this is a good  thing,
  because it lets you build it on a machine without
any access to any C  compiler.

 Which definitely is a good thing in this case. Since most systems don't
 have a C compiler anyway, the first compiler have to get down there
 someway, and MACRO-11 is the only language you *know* exist.

 I'm soon done with a cleanup of DECUS-C by the way. I've tried to collect
 all the different versions I can find, and incorporated my own fixes as
 well. This version will support I/D space correctly in RSX (which no other
 version except my in-house hacks have done), will have a working profiler
 again, and also supports RMS and DAP. Fun fun...
 I'm testing it right now, and most things looks like they are working like
 a charm.
 However, if someone have plenty of time, and an RSTS/E or RT-11 system
 around, I'd sure appreciate some help. I've tried to keep those parts
 up-to-date as well, but I cannot test, or fix broken things.

 This compiler have been a mess for many years now... About time it got
 some cleanup.

 Oh. And I don't know if Allan Baldwin (sp?) have some extra hacks in for
 his IP-stack, and I haven't even investigated.
 Anyone know?

 	Johnny

 Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
                                   ||  on a psychedelic trip
 email: bqt(a)update.uu.se           ||  Reading murder books
 pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

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