On 1/29/2021 1:58 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
You COULD design a language around your favorite pseudo-code structures
I did that already, since I can not find a easy to port C compiler
with structures, and a small memory footprint like 64Kb. I found LCC 3.x
off a old CD rom archive, but I can't find the book at
a low cost.
Since the Architecture is still in flux, the compiler is rather rough.
The C code for cross compiler is a simple subset with no structures
making it easy to port when the time. comes to able to self host.
I got rid most of all the annoying ;'s ,'s }'s {'s
unary operands are a hack at the movement.
control is just
IF cond statements { EIF exp statements }* { ELSE statements } ENDIF
WHILE cond statements REPEAT
I like indentation, and demanded it from my students.
while (k)
{ if (foo)
{ ..do this thing
..do that thing
}
else
{ ..something here
}
}
Even K and R did not agree on indentation styles.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
