+\layout Section
+
+Use of SDCC in Education
+\layout Standard
+
+In short:
+\emph on
+highly
+\emph default
+ encouraged
+\begin_inset Foot
+collapsed false
+
+\layout Standard
+
+the phrase "use in education" might evoke the association "
+\emph on
+only
+\emph default
+ fit for use in education".
+ This connotation is not intended but nevertheless risked as the licensing
+ of SDCC makes it difficult to offer educational discounts
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ If your rationales are to:
+\layout Enumerate
+
+give students a chance to understand the
+\emph on
+complete
+\emph default
+ steps of code generation
+\layout Enumerate
+
+have a curriculum that can be extended for years.
+ Then you could use an fpga board as target and your curriculum will seamlessly
+ extend from logic synthesis (
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \url[http://www.opencores.org]{opencores.org}
+
+\end_inset
+
+,
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \url[Oregano]{http://www.oregano.at/ip/ip01.htm}
+
+\end_inset
+
+), over assembly programming, to C to FPGA compilers (
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \url[FPGAC]{http://sf.net/projects/fpgac}
+
+\end_inset
+
+) and to C.
+\layout Enumerate
+
+be able to insert excursions about skills like using a revision control
+ system, submitting/applying patches, using a type-setting (as opposed to
+ word-processing) engine LyX/LaTeX, using
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \url[SourceForge]{http://www.sf.net}
+
+\end_inset
+
+, following some
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \url[netiquette]{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette}
+
+\end_inset
+
+, understanding BSD/LGPL/GPL/Proprietary licensing, growth models of Open
+ Source Software, CPU simulation, compiler regression tests
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Regression test}
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+
+\newline
+And if there should be a shortage of ideas then you can always point students
+ to the ever-growing feature request list
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \htmlurl{http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=599&atid=350599}
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\layout Enumerate
+
+not tie students to a specific host platform and instead allow them to use
+ a host platform of
+\emph on
+their
+\emph default
+ choice (among them Alpha, i386, i386_64, MacOs, Mips, Sparc, Windows and
+ eventually
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \url[OLPC]{http://wiki.laptop.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child}
+
+\end_inset
+
+)
+\layout Enumerate
+
+not encourage students to use illegal copies of educational software
+\layout Enumerate
+
+be immune to licensing/availability/price changes of the chosen tool chain
+\layout Enumerate
+
+be able to change to a new target platform without having to adopt a new
+ tool chain
+\layout Enumerate
+
+have complete control over and insight into the tool chain
+\layout Enumerate
+
+make your students aware about the pros and cons of open source software
+ development
+\layout Enumerate
+
+give back to the public as you are probably at least partially publically
+ funded
+\layout Enumerate
+
+give students a chance to publically prove their skills and to possibly
+ see a world wide impact
+\layout Standard
+
+then SDCC is probably among the first choices.
+ Well, probably SDCC might be the only choice.