Re: Apple II C compiler

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <p147k4xk7q5.fsf@panini.cling.gu.se>,
MagerValp  <MagerValp@cling.gu.se> wrote:
 
>>>>>> "PS" == Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> writes:
> 
>CM> but if you're going to REALLY be coding in C for the machine, then
>CM> use a modern machine for it. It's just so much faster.
>  
>PS> I disagree --- having a development machine which is different
>PS> from the target machine slows down the development process quite a
>PS> bit.
> 
> Not at all. You can still test the code more or less instantaneously
> in an emulator. And depending on your transfer setup, testing on the
> real machine can also be almost as quick - on my C64 I simply load
> from device 6 and it loads straight from my PC's hard drive.
 
And what if the code doesn't work as expected on the target machine?
Then you'd need a cross development debugger .... do you have one of
these?
 
> Is there even a native ANSI C compiler for the 6502?
 
:-) .....no.  And there's no C++ or Java either for the 6502....
 
Remember that ANSI C was available as late as 1989, almost a decade
after the heydays of the 6502....
 
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