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Paul Edwards pisze:
> Hi.
> 
> I have been after a public domain C compiler for decades.
> None of them reach C90 compliance. SubC comes the
> closest but was written without full use of C90, which
> makes it difficult to read. I'm after C90 written in C90.
> 
> A number of people have tried, but they always seem
> to fall short. One of those attempts is pdcc. The
> preprocessor was done, but the attempt (by someone
> else) to add C code generation was abandoned.
> 
> I decided to take a look at it, and it looks to me like
> a significant amount of work has already been done.
> 
> Also, my scope is limited - I am only after enough
> functionality to get my 80386 OS (PDOS) compiled,
> and I don't mind short=int=long = 32 bits, I don't
> mind not having float. I don't use bitfields.
> 
> Anyway, I have had some success in making enhancements
> to it, and here is one:
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/p/pdos/gitcode/ci/3356e623785e2c2e16c28c5bf8737e72df
> d39e04/
> 
> But I don't really know what I'm doing (I do know some
> of the theory - but this is a particular design).
> 
> E.g. now that I have managed to get a variable passed to
> a function, I now want the address of that variable passed
> to the function - ie I want to do &x instead of x - and I am
> not sure whether to create a new ADDRESS type, or
> whether it is part of VARREF or what - in the original
> (incomplete) concept. Or CC_EXPR_AMPERSAND.
> 
> I am happy to do the actual coding work - I'm just looking
> for some nudges in the right direction if anyone can assist.
> 
> Thanks. Paul.
> 
> 
you mean there is no such a compiler? rise a fund for some to
write it and they will write it..and if few thousand of people
will give some money there it will be written