SMALL-C

Domain	Definition
Computing	Small-C A subset of C. The original compiler, written in C by Ron Cain, appeared in Dr. Dobb's Journal. James E. Hendrix improved and extended the original compiler and published "The Small-C Handbook". Both these compilers produced 8080 assembly code. A Small-C compiler based on RatC produced 6502 assembly code for the BBC Microcomputer. It was written in Small-C and bootstrapped using Zorland C on an Amstrad PC1512 under MS-DOS 3.2, then transferred onto a BBC Micro using Kermit. The compiler can be used to cross-compile 6502 code from an MS-DOS host, or as a resident Small-C compiler on a BBC Micro. It runs on 68000, 6809, VAX, 8080, BBC Micro and Zilog Z80. Posted to comp.sources.unix volume 5. (ftp://apple.com/ArchiveVol1/Unix_lang) ["Small-C"?, Ron Cain, Dr. Dobb's Journal, May 1980, Dec 1982?] ["The Small-C Handbook," James Hendrix, Reston 1984, ISBN 0-8359-7012-4]. (1989-01-05). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Specialty Definition: Small-C

Small-C is an implementation of a subset of the C programming language, suitable for microcomputers and embedded systems.

The original compiler, written in C by Ron Cain, appeared in the May 1980 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal. James E. Hendrix improved and extended the original compiler, and published The Small-C Handbook.

Small-C was important for tiny computers in a manner somewhat analogous to the importance of GNU Compiler Collection for larger computers. Like its Unix counterparts, the compiler compiles to assembler code that then must be converted to machine code by an assembler.

Z88DK is a cross compiler for many Z80 based computers, based on Small-C.

References

James E. Hendrix, The Small-C Handbook (Reston 1984) ISBN 0-8359-7012-4
James E. Hendrix, A Small C Compiler: Language, Usage, Theory, and Design (M & T Books 1988)
James E. Hendrix, Small C Compiler (Hungry Minds, Inc 1990)

External links

http://www.cpm.z80.de/small_c.html
http://www.ddjembedded.com/languages/smallc/
A Small C Compiler - text of the book
Z88DK homepage

Anagrams: SMALL-C

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-l-l-m-s"
	-1 letter: calls, calms, clams, malls, scall, small.
	-2 letters: alls, alms, call, calm, cams, clam, lacs, lams, macs, mall, sall, scam, slam.
	-3 letters: all, als, cam, lac, lam, las, mac, mas, sac, sal.
	-4 letters: al, am, as, la, ma.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-l-l-m-s"
	+1 letter: miscall.
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