Re: Microcontroller ... which one ??

From: Ken Smith (kensmith_at_green.rahul.net)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 04:41:53 +0000 (UTC)

In article <pan.2004.11.29.03.17.33.913336@att.bizzzz>,
keith <krw@att.bizzzz> wrote:
[.. me ..]
>> Ok, I'll include that limitation to the scope of the argument. Things
>> like the transputer are alos off the table. I think they are too weird to
>> make a C compiler for. We can limit the discussion to only those machines
>> for which a reasonable C compiler can be written.
>
>OTOH, I know people who use C compliers for 8051s. I couldn't figure out
>how to make it all work. (again, I'm a hardware type and think in RTL and
>assembler)

The Keil one works ok. There are several non-standard types built into it
to handle the various situations.

[...]
>> If we don't get a reaction, one us will have to change the groups line.
>> I did not because it is way too early to expect any reaction.
>
>I added C.A. Though it may be a stale subject...

If we don't get a reaction we'll change the subject line to "free beer" :>

[...]
>> But ... but ... are they porting to microcontrollers etc. In the
>> general purpose computer world things can be quite different. Companies
>> like Prime and DEC no longer exist so there aren't many non-byte
>> oriented general purpose computers any more.
>
>They've been doing it for decades. I've heard of very little x86 (32b)
>Linux code that isn't an "automatic" recompile to 64b. Of course 64b
>isn't new in the *ix world.

Yes but try it out on a 36 bit machine some time. 32 bit and 64 bit
machines these days tend to all be byte oriented. 

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