Re: [Tinycc-devel] Very sorry - newbie questions

[KHMan]

On 3/13/2017 4:47 PM, Tony Robinson wrote:
> Doh.  Yup, it was a very newbie error, thanks to Ramsay Jones and
> Michael Matz for pointing me at the git repo - that worked
> flawlessly (I'd skim read the last 6 months of archives and misled
> myself about release timings).
>
> I do appreciate that there are very many hurdles to get tcc
> running on a new bare metal target.  C itself mandates at least 16
> bits for the int type, but I may find that tcc won't let me do
> that.   Then there are libraries and system calls - I really don't
> mind cheating and passing system calls and whatever libraries I
> can't sensibly port to the Linux (Raspberry Pi) host - I'm not
> going to write a whole OS in my 16 bit address space.   I know
> I've got many years worth of challenges ahead, that's okay, I hope
> I can spend many years on this project.

All the best on the project! I have this pile of old transistors 
and diodes and whenever I look at them my thoughts keep veering to 
the guy who did the 4004 in discrete device form...

Just curious, I assume your project has to do with electronics 
hardware in some form real or virtual, and related to embedded 
hardware -- so I would like to ask one thing: Have you considered 
SDCC? If so, would you like to comment on any TCC vs SDCC 
considerations with regards to your project needs? (It is not my 
intention to compare and declare winners, but only curious to 
learn which one fits particular needs better in your case...)

> Thanks for you help and encouragement, I have fond memories of
> decades of C programming and now I know where to start.

Happy hacking!
--
Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Selangor, Malaysia