Re: Apple II C compiler

[MagerValp <MagerValp@cling.gu.se>]

>>>>> "PS" == Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> writes:

PS> And what if the code doesn't work as expected on the target
PS> machine? Then you'd need a cross development debugger .... do you
PS> have one of these?

Just because you cross compile doesn't mean you have to cross debug.
My ML monitor works just fine on the real machine.

Time to compile and load in emulator: less than 10 seconds.
Time to compile and load on real machine: less than 30 seconds (have
to turn around and type load :)
Time to compile on the real machine and test: minutes.
Time to develop an application on a native compiler using a horrible
library 80s in K&R syntax compared to cc65's well supported library in
ANSI C: well, I don't even want to think about that one.

Anything other than assembler, basic, and forth is pointless on the
real machines.

MV> Is there even a native ANSI C compiler for the 6502?

PS> :-) .....no.  And there's no C++ or Java either for the 6502....

PS> Remember that ANSI C was available as late as 1989, almost a
PS> decade after the heydays of the 6502....

And? It's 2003, and anyone writing in K&R in this day and age needs a
good thwapping.

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