SDCC - free open source, retargettable, optimizing ANSI-C compiler ------------------------------------------------------------------ $Id: README.txt 5325 2009-01-04 08:18:33Z borutr $ Welcome to SDCC, free open source, retargettable, optimizing ANSI C compiler that supports a growing list of processors including the Intel mcs51 family, the Zilog z80, the Maxim ds390 and ds400, the Motorola HC08 and the PIC16 and PIC18 familiy. See share/sdcc/doc/INSTALL.txt for the installation instructions for the binary kits. See the share/sdcc/doc directory for more documentation. See http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/ for the latest information on sdcc. License: SDCC is licensed under the GNU Public license (GPL) v2. Note that this license covers the code to the compiler and other executables, but explicitly does not cover any code or objects generated by sdcc. We have not yet decided on a license for the run time libraries, but it will not put any requirements on code linked against it. See: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html Support: SDCC is a collaborative effort between a group of volunteers. Please feel free to report bugs via the Sourceforge bug tracker, or to ask questions on the user mailing list. See: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=100599&group_id=599&func=browse http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=599 Notes: * The ds400, pic14 and pic16 are currently experimental, but work is in progress. Please check http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/snap.php for snapshots. * The TININative, gbz80, avr and xa51 targets are no longer maintained. Roadmap: COPYING - GPL v2 as/ - Assembler, derived from asxxxx debugger/ device/ - Device libraries and examples doc/ - sdcc and target specific documentation link/ - Linker, also derived from asxxxx sim/ - Simulator (mcs51 only) src/ - Source to the C compiler and targets support/ - Libraries and apps that may not be provided by your system. Authors and interested persons: * Sandeep Dutta (sandeep AT users.sourceforge.net) * Jean Loius-VERN <jlvern AT writeme.com> * Daniel Drotos <drdani AT mazsola.iit.uni-miskolc.hu> * Kevin Vigor <kevin AT vigor.nu> * Johan Knol <johan.knol AT iduna.nl> * Scott Dattalo <scott AT dattalo.com> * Karl Bongers <karl AT turbobit.com> * Bernhard Held <bernhard AT bernhardheld.de> * Frieder Ferlemann <frieder.ferlemann AT web.de> * Jesus Calvino-Fraga <jesusc AT ece.ubc.ca> * Borut Razem <borut.razem AT siol.net> * Vangelis Rokas <vrokas AT otenet.gr> * Erik Petrich <epetrich AT ivorytower.norman.ok.us> * Paul Stoffregen <paul AT pjrc.com> * Michael Hope <michaelh AT juju.net.nz> <nz_michaelh AT yahoo.com> * Maarten Brock <sourceforge.brock AT dse.nl> * Raphael Neider <RNeider AT web.de> * Hans-Juergen Dorn <hans.dorn AT apl-landau.de> * Klaus Flittner <klaus_flittner AT gmx.de> * Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk AT spth.de> SDCC includes code from: * Alan Baldwin <baldwin AT shop-pdp.kent.edu> Initial version of ASXXXX and ASLINK. * John Hartman <noice AT noicedebugger.com> Porting ASXXXX and ASLINK for 8051. * Dmitry S. Obukhov <dso AT usa.net> malloc and serial I/O routines. * Pascal Felber Some of the Z80 related files are borrowed from the Gameboy Development Kit (GBDK). * The GCC development team http://gcc.gnu.org/ The basis of sdcpp preprocessor