Something that is sure to excite C programmers everywhere: a C compiler by Clem Vasseur has been released for the TI-89/92+ that allows you to make C programs without a computer. Some of the features, taken right of of the 'readme', include:
Limited inline assembly
Implements the K&R C dialect
Can be integrated into sIDE (Small IDE), an IDE by the same author
Compiles into editable ASM code, which can then be compiled with as92 (an on-board ASM compiler)
Michael McElroy of C_Coderz(); (www.ccoderz.org) has tested this out himself, and found it to be very useful. A simple "Hello World" program, which can easily be upwards of a kilobyte if written in TIGCC, can be as small as 183 bytes when compiled with CC. Brett Simmers, also of C_Coderz(); re-wrote a Nibbles game he had written, and it turned out to be less than a kilobyte after compilation with CC. The only problem I've noticed with CC is that it requires a shell; this isn't really all that bad, however, because it works perfectly with PreOS or Universal OS.
http://darkclem.free.fr/
source : http://www.tinews.net/ le 21/01/2003
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