Re: [Freedos-devel] ANSI-C Interpreter and Compiler for DOS

[Pat V. <pa...@fr...>]

This is something we are definitely interested in.  Contact me direct to
discuss it.

Pat Villani
FreeDOS project Coordinator


On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Detlef Reimers <det...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello, all FreeDos Developers,
>
> I would like to offer two development packages for all FreeDos Users:
>
> 1. LCC 4.2 for DOS: An ANSI-C Compiler system for DOS with full sources
>    for compilation with GCC. This Lcc compiler uses NASM 0.98 as assembler
>    instead of GAS. The compiler system uses GCC tools like the LS linker
>    and the AR archive manager, as well as MAKE for greater project. Most
>    of the GCC headers can be used. LCC also uses libc.a and libm.a from
>    GCC. It is also shipped with a high resolution VESA graphics library
>    (linear frame buffer for protected mode). This LCC version is a true
>    32 bit C compiler. It is very stable, shows meaningful error messages
>    and it is fast. The executables are not optimized (beside some smaller
>    inner optimizations in register usage). Like GCC, this compiler outputs
>    assembler code, which is then compiled by NASM and linked against the
>    C-library (or any other COFF library). The whole system is very compact
>    and the the packet also has many example files for learning programming
>    in C and expecially for graphics programming.
>
> 2. EiC (from Ed. Breen): This ANSI-C interpreter was originally made for
>    UNIX-like systems. I took out the POSIX parts. Now, this C-Interpreter
>    is a pure batch driven interpreter like good old Basic. It is the
> fastest
>    C-Interpreter I know (much faster than CH from Softintegration or CINT
>    from CERN). Integrated into the interpreter is a VESA graphics library
>    with linear frame buffer in protected mode. This way you can use EiC as
>    scripting language for graphics programming. EiC is an easy to use, but
>    also complete C-Interpreter with all the ANSI-C headers. The package
>    comes with full sources for compilation with GCC. The Interpreter has
>    a TeX formatted 200 page manual and the graphics library is also TEX
>    formatted with an additional chapter about bezier curves (integral and
>    rational). Nearly 80 programming examples files (most of them graphics)
>    help newcomers to learn C programming.
>
> Please let me know, if there is any interest in putting these packages into
> the FreeDos archives for general access. I would be glad, if other FreeDos
> users could use LCC and EiC for DOS.
>
> Thanks in advance for your interest,
>
> Detlef Reimers
> (Bad Bramstedt, Germany)
>
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