On Tue, 4 Oct 2022, 01:15 Travis Siegel via fpc-devel, < fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> Does this process use gcc to do the compile, instead of fpc directly? If > it does, I will dig into making it compatible with Parallax's line of > propeller boards, since it now supports GCC to generate code for the > propeller 1 and 2 boards. Being able to program these in pascal would > be wonderful. Parallax has a series of SBC products, including the > basic stamp, a java stamp, (no longer produced), and as mentioned, the > propeller boards. They also have several robot packages that can be > programmed via the propeller or basic stamps, so if the esp board code > does work, and it calls gcc for it's work, I'll certainly be interested > in tackling making it work with the propeller boards, I think that could > help some folks start using those boards. > The compiler typically generates target CPU specific assembler code, which requires an external assembler and linker to generate the executable code. I don't know much about the Parallax controllers, but it appears to be a distinct architecture (not ARM or MIPS for example) not yet supported by FPC, so would require a new compiler backend AFAIU. >
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