On Tuesday 18 March 2008 09:44:14 Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote: > Kenneth Forsbäck wrote: > > Damn, there goes my bright idea... > > People wanting a portable module compiler (if I understand what that > should be) should very much consider using LLVM http://llvm.org/ since > it is portable (targetting several machines) and able to generate code > and of course free software (MIT-like license). > > Also llvm is rather well documented, and alive (much more than tinycc, > which seems almost dead).
Actually, I use "tcc" to refer to the project in the old CVS and "tinycc" to refer to the new one I'm doing at "http://landley.net/code/tinycc";. And by that metric, tinycc is doing just fine, thanks. I released 1.0.0-pre2 last week and I'm aiming for a -pre3 in April (before the cross compiling tutorial I'm giving at CELF) and then a -pre4 in July (before the compiler BOF I'm hosting at OLS). Most of the agenda going forward is mentioned in http://landley.net/code/tinycc/todo.txt If you're just looking for gcc alternatives, the pcc project just had a 0.9.9 release and both OpenBSD and NetBSD aim to switch over when it's ready: http://lwn.net/Articles/255558/ http://pcc.ludd.ltu.se/ LLVM with clang is another one, that's loosely backed by Apple. http://clang.llvm.org/ Those might someday be able to build the Linux kernel. Intel's ICC is the only compiler other than gcc that's already built a current unmodified Linux kernel, but that's A) closed source, B) only supports Intel targets. http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/compilers/clin/277618.htm I say "current" and "unmodified" there because tccboot built a 2.4 kernel (not 2.6), building only a subset of the full kernel sources, and it was a modified subset to work around constructs that tcc didn't understand. (I plan to revive tccboot with tinycc, but first I'd like to get tinycc to build a User Mode Linux kernel that works.) But, all these other compilers are only tangentially on topic here (as a brief mention for comparison purposes)... Rob -- "One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code." - Ken Thompson. _______________________________________________ Tinycc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tinycc-devel
