On Thu, Oct 09, 1997 at 08:02:45PM -0700, James M. wrote:
> Clyde, you are, without doubt, 110% correct!
> You sir, deserve a lot of respect for the superb
> software product you have created:  C compiler

Well, I'd just like to say that this list has been a valuable resource
in the process, there are a lot of clever people who make excellent
contributions.

> for the PIC.  Could I interest you at looking at
> ATMEL and Scenix?

The compiler will be enhanced to support the Scenix SX. I was very pleased
to actually see chips at the ESC, and the SX running at 100MHz certainly
was impressive. Currently we're waiting on the data sheet - it's supposed
to be on its way. Since the SX is a PIC enhancement, adding support for it
will not be hard.

WRT the Atmel AVR, this is also a chip we're interested in, but of course
it's going to be more work to support than the SX, since it's a totally
different architecture. The 1200 looks too low-level to really support
compiled code (I doubt I'd want to use it myself even in assembler) but
the 8515 and up should be fine.

The time schedule for this is uncertain, as there are other projects we're
talking to various people about right now, and there are only some many things
that we can do at the same time.

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