Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!xrxns!spitfire!dupre From: dupre@spitfire.UUCP (Frank Dupre) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Small-C Message-ID: <213@xrxns.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Jul-87 09:09:58 EDT Article-I.D.: xrxns.213 Posted: Fri Jul 17 09:09:58 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 13:49:17 EDT References: <3452@ihlpg.ATT.COM> Sender: nobody@xrxns.UUCP Reply-To: dupre@spitfire.UUCP (Frank Dupre) Organization: EDDS/CAD, Xerox Corp., Leesburg, Va. Lines: 51 Keywords: Byte Works, Inc., Small-C, Summary: Brief synopsis Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:3119 comp.lang.misc:549 In article <3452@ihlpg.ATT.COM> rre@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Velveteen Rabbit Corps) writes: > >But, what is Small-C? Just how much of standard K&R C does it >implement or leave out? > >Roger Espinosa >ihnp4!ihlpg!rre Small-C is a public domain subset of K&R originally written by Ron Cain and published in Dr. Dobb's Journal issue no. #45 (may80). In DDJ #74 (dec82) James E. Hendrix published Small-C v.2, which was followed by his book The Small-C Handbook, ISBN 0-8359-7012-4, Reston Publishing Company, circa 1984. It should be noted that these version were from the Intel 8080/ Zilog Z80, i.e., CP/M machines. Version appeared for the Intel 8088/8086 - 80x86 as 'commerical' products, notably Datalight's Small-C. The original version only recogized char & int, had one-dimensional arrays, and the, while statement, was the only loop-control. The 'new and improved' v2 & v2.1, included th quote Hendrix: (1) code optimization, (2) data initialization, (3) conditional compilation, (4) the extern storage class, (5) the for, do/while, switch, and goto statements, (6) assignments operators (7) Boolean operators, (8) the one's complement operator, and various other features. An implementation for the Mostek 6502, Atari 400,600,800,800XL, 65XE,130XE was done by John Howard Pelevich, this version supported Atari graphics, etc. and was not PD, though the purchase included source code. There have been several other ports of both the original and version 2, to other processors, as well as extentions to the language, and libraries of 'useful stuff' have been created in it, for it. At one time I worked on a version for the 68000 as part of a project for a Compiler Construction Class. Can't find now 8-( still haven't unpacked my graduate school books yet! Hope this helps you out 8-) * (XNS) Frank Dupre:LSBG-EGP/CAD:Xerox * (uucp) (...!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!xrxns!dupre) * (US Post) Xerox Corporation - XICTMD P.O. Box 2000 Leesburg, VA. 22075 * (Intelnet) 8*437-5487 (Ma Bell) (703) 729-8000 Ex# 5487