cpik C compiler for PIC c -18 devices Version 0.6.0 - PiKdev, An IDE ...

13 Needed software
The GNU cpp preprocessor must be installed in your system. As cpp is de facto installed with all
Linux distributions, this is not a strong requirement.
14 Contributors
• Alain Gibaud
Original author of the compiler and run-time library.
• Josef Pavlik
– Bug fixes in library and code of compiler,
– pin.h header,
– Implementation of enum declarator and switch instruction,
– Optimisation of the run-time support for shifts,
– Dead-code elimination in the case of tests or loops with a constant condition,
– Optimisation of the static data initialization,
– Optimisation of tests in some special situations,
– Post-compilation branch optimizer that eliminates far jumps whenever possible.
Thank you Josef!
15 Credits
Most of the code of the cpik project is original. However, some parts of the standard libraries are
an adapted version of codes available under GPL license.
• Math library by Jesus Calvino-Fraga, jesusc@ieee.org
• strtod function by Michael Ringgaard (a modified version of this code is used by the stdio
library)
• Core algorithms for floating point support by Pipeline Associates, phw@motown.com
(rewritten in PIC18 assembler).
16 How to contribute to the cpik project ?
cpik needs contributors !. Writing compiler, libraries, tutorials, pikdev support, WEB site,
etc. is an exciting but huge work for one person.
I think that this project is really viable. cpik code is not perfect but has many interesting
qualities, compared to other free compilers. So far, everything I write with it works (I cross my
fingers), so it should work for other people too.
If you are interseted by pushing a new compiler to free software, you can contribute in many
manners :
16.1 Feedbacks and suggestions
When cpik works for you or doesn’t, please send an email. Explain what you do with it, and why
it fit (or doesn’t fit) your needs.
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