Date   : Wed, 09 Sep 1992 12:40:54 +0100 (BST)
From   : I Stephenson <ian@...>
Subject: Re: A group project...

I'm happy to go for the compiler project - I think it is doable, if  
we can get about four or five people who know what they're doing (or  
at least can work it out in a reasonable time!).

It may be best to start from a real C compiler, such as GCC or  
similar and port it to a virtual machine, then compile that to 6502,  
and then assemble and link that.

The only practical way of developijng the system (I think) is to work  
on "BIG" machines, and build a cross compiler, using all the tools  
available, and targetting to the second processor. Once thats going  
then we then bootstrap the compiler onto the BBC. Trying to develop  
on the beeb will be impossible as there are no tools for doing so  
(thats the whole point!).

I'll volenteer to write the assembler and linker, as I've written  
assembers before.

Ian