From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: New GNAT ports (was Re: Ada and Automotive Industry)
Date: 1997/01/10
Date: 1997-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EACHUS.97Jan10174517@spectre.mitre.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5asvku$jtu$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au
In article <dewar.852814793@merv> dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
> Writing a production quality backend for any machine from scratch is
> a big project, of the order of person years for someone who knows what
> they are doing. Adapting an existing backend (if one is available that
> can be GPL'ed) is certainly a possibility, although sometimes clashes
> in assumptions can make such a project harder than expected.
For the 8051, starting with an the a version of gcc for the Intel
8086, 80186, 80286, or even the Z-80 should be a good start. But a
gcc version that targets are 386 or higher is probably a waste of
effort as a starting point.
--
Robert I. Eachus
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-12-24 0:00 New GNAT ports (was Re: Ada and Automotive Industry) Robert Dewar
1996-12-27 0:00 ` New GNAT ports John Howard
1997-01-07 0:00 ` New GNAT ports (was Re: Ada and Automotive Industry) Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Dr. Peter E. Obermayer
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-11 0:00 ` Addresses of Subprograms (was: New GNAT ports) Larry Kilgallen
1997-01-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-01-14 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-14 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-15 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-01-09 0:00 ` New GNAT ports (was Re: Ada and Automotive Industry) Ken Garlington
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Karl Cooper
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-01-10 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus [this message]
1997-01-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-13 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
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