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From: imagecft@netcom.com (Richard Man)
Subject: v0.30 of icc11 now available
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 08:58:50 GMT
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Release v.30 of icc11 is now available on
	cher.media.mit.edu:/pub/incoming/icc11
		readme
		user.asc
		icc11.zip
The 2 changes are that a) 386SX+ is no longer required to run the compiler,
and b) the calling convention is more compatible with existing libraries.
You need zip 1.9+ to extract the files.
Here is the readme file:
==
November 16, 1993

This is pre-general release 0.30 of the C Cross Compiler for HC11. This
program is not in the public domain, but this release may be distributed to
other FTP sites or BBSs provided that all files are included as is without 
any modifications.

Unlike 0.20- releases which are 32 bit executables that use a memory
extender, this version of icc11 are 16 bit bound executables runnable on 8086 
DOS 3.X+ and OS2 1.X+. It should even be runnable on DOS emulators on
Un*x or Macintosh machines. The compile speed is a bit slower, but this
gets rid of several major limitations of previous releases.

Also, it is no longer necessary to save and restore IX in a function. This
makes the generated code more compatible with existing libraries such as
the miniboard library.

The files included are:

user.asc	ascii version of the user manual
user.ps		postscript version of the user manual
readme		this file
readme.cpp	readme file for the DECUS C preprocessor
readme.lcc	readme file for the lcc compiler front end
cpp.mem		description of the DECUS C preprocessor
icc11.exe	compiler driver
icpp.exe	C preprocessor
iccom11.exe	compiler
as11.exe	assembler
crt.s		C runtime file
printf.c	simple printf like function
dhry.c		v 1.1 of dhrystone benchmark

Even though there is no relocatable linker included, the assembler, the
compiler and the compiler driver have been written such that mulitple files
of different types can be specified. For example, you may compile your
program and "link" it with the simple printf provided with these commands:

	icc11 <your C and asm files> printf.c
	or
	icc11 <your C and asm files> printf.s
		if you compile printf.c to printf.s first

Although code quality is not the top priority with this compiler (yet), its
code quality is quite respectful. For example, on a 2 Mhz NMI SBC, I get
~170 dhrystones per second (V1.1). This is in comparison to 400 dhrystones
per second as quoted by a $1200 HC11 compiler vendor, and 200 dhrystones per
second as quoted by the the same vendor on its major competitor costing
$2000!

Change Log:
-----------
Nov 16 1993 release 0.30
	- Recompile using 16 bit compiler. The system now runs on 8086 real (DOS,
	  386 VDM, DOS emulators) and 286 protected (OS2 1.X+) modes.
	- The calling convention has been changed so that it is not necessary to
	  save and restore IX in a function. This makes it more compatible with
	  existing libraries (such as the miniboard lib) and the resulting code
	  is faster too.
Nov 11 1993 release 0.20
	- full structure support (assignment, argument and function returning)
	- added support for signed divide and modulo 
	- better code generation for frame pointer access
	- assembler listing file was not being created
Oct 27 1993 release 0.11
	- hexadecimal and octal literal constants were not accepted
Oct 18 1993	release 0.1
-- 
/(o\    Richard F. Man, imagecftnetcom.com
\o)/    Write for info on low-cost C Compiler for HC11 and behavior-based
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