gnupic: Future of SIL?
Subject:
Re: Future of SIL?
From:
Scott Dattalo ####@####.####
Date:
21 Sep 2000 13:50:14 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009210850400.13997-100000@tempest2.blackhat.net>
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Wojtek Zabolotny wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 01:02:39AM +0000, Francisco Rodrigo Escobedo Robles wrote:
> > Hello all.
> >
> > > I think that it would be nice to have an efficient, open source,
> > > high level language for PIC16F84/16F877 and similar.
> >
> > Like Forth? :)
> >
> > I am the author of mary, an optimizing native code Forth compiler for
> > the mid range PICs. Right now the development has stopped due to a job
> > switching matter, but I intend to continue as soon as I can. I'll
> > announce the new version the same moment it's available.
> >
> > For those of you that already know of mary (hi, Wojciech), the good
> > news are that the new (alpha) version will come with full bank
> > switching support for the 16F877 and family. In fact, it supports 4
> > banks, and I think in the future could be extended for 16 banks in
> > order to make a high range PIC compiler. But don't hold your breath on
> > this, first is first and I have to finish this version.
>
> It is a really great news that Mary Picforth is still alive :-).
> If I may suggest something, the COD file support would be also very
> appreciated. However the only description of COD format I have is that
> in sources of gpasm & gpsim (especially the cod.h file).
I've got some more documentation, but I can't give it out. If you want, send an
e-mail to Walter Banks at Byte Craft and ask for information on the COD file
format. He'll give it to you.
http://www.bytecraft.com/
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Scott
