> Years ago I release the Jal compiler under GPL.

Thanks, I will have a look at that.

> My recent long-term project is creating an easy-entry development
environment for
> ARM chips, using an existing compiler (GCC) and an IDE (DevCpp, maybe
> Code::Blocks) and writing the library and some glue myself. Work is
> still ongoing,

Sounds interesting. Id the primary development platform Win or Linux?

Tamas



On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:

> > What is the status with JAL? Are you still working on it or another
> language
> > maybe?
>
> I don't have as much free time as I had when I created Jal (in fact, I
> have almost none...). Years ago I release the Jal compiler under GPL.
> Kyle York rewrote the compiler from scratch, and made major improvements
> to the language (most important: integers larger than 1 byte, and
> arrays). Development is still ongoing. There is a jallist at yahoo that
> is reasonably active, at the moment a few guys are creating a library to
> go with the compiler. (I created the library and the compiler together,
> Kyle is interested mainly in teh compiler.)
>
> Bert van Dam has written a book about programming PICs with Jal, first
> in Dutch bit now also in English, available for instance from
>
> http://www.elektor.com/products/books/microcontrollers/pic-microcontrollers-uk.319368.lynkx
>
> I am very busy with my family, lessons, and the webshop. My recent
> long-term project is creating an easy-entry development environment for
> ARM chips, using an existing compiler (GCC) and an IDE (DevCpp, maybe
> Code::Blocks) and writing the library and some glue myself. Work is
> still ongoing, and  I have to change the name yet again (was EasyARM,
> but someone used that for a board!)
>
> --
>
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