I wrote:
> I won't say that it's impossible to retarget GCC to the PIC, but if anyone
> succeeds in doing so, such that GCC can be productively used on a common
> PIC (e.g., PIC16F84), I'll gladly pay them $100 for it.

Matthias Granberry <gonff@WINDMILLBBS.COM> wrote:
> if the asked $100, I'd be the first to stick RMS on them for license
> violations

Well, you haven't read the GPL very closely, since it most definitely does
allow GPL'd software to be sold.  It's actually encouraged.  Cygnus sells
their GNUpro suite for many thousands of dollars.  So I don't think you'd get
much satisfaction from complaining to RMS.

It also doesn't preclude my giving money to them on a voluntary basis, which
is what I was offering.

>         You'd be surprised what you can do with yacc/bison.  That is probably
> the most sensible approach to a C compiler under linux that I have heard yet.

I wouldn't be surprised at all, since I use yacc and bison myself. My point
was that there is a lot more to a good C compiler than a lexer and a parser.
However, if you want to prove me wrong and write a good GPL'd C compiler for
the PIC as a quick hack (using yacc and bison if you want), I'd be just as
willing to pay $100 for that.

Cheers,
Eric