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Article #1719Re: C compiler for DSP56K ?
From: clyde.w.jr.phillips
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 13:56
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 13:56
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In article <3903@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP>, carroll@ssc-vax (Jeff Carroll) writes: > In article <8930@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl> venemans@dnlunx.UUCP (Venemans P.H.A.) writes: > >What C compilers are available for the Motorola DSP56000 chip? I have > >heard of the Motorola compiler, but some people told me it is a rather > >buggy one. Is that true, and -if so- are there any alternatives? (Did > >someone already adapt gcc?). > > The local Moto guy told me not to buy the 56K C compiler - that I > should use assembler instead. > > I have some literature from a third party vendor that suggests that > this compiler puts most of its data in Y memory. This could adversely affect > efficiency of your code on some applications. > > A C compiler for this chip would present some interesting challenges. DSP architecture in general is ( memory split ) is ideal for FORTH. > > -- > Jeff Carroll > carroll@ssc-vax.boeing.com > > "Do you think I care? ... I have an infinite amount of money." -Bill Gates
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!cwpjr From: cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: C compiler for DSP56K ? Summary: Simple for Forth Message-ID: <1991Apr26.135643.3872@cbnewse.att.com> Date: 26 Apr 91 13:56:43 GMT References: <8930@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl> <3903@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 22