SDCC - a Freeware, retargettable, optimizing ANSI-C compiler
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Welcome to SDCC, a freeware, retargettable, optimizing ANSI C compiler
that supports a growing list of processors including the Intel mcs51
family, the Zilog z80 and the Maxim ds390.

See share/sdcc/doc/INSTALL.txt for the installation instructions for
the binary kits.

See the share/sdcc/doc directory for more documentation.

See http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/ for the latest information on sdcc.


License:
SDCC is licensed under the GNU Public license (GPL) v2.  Note that
this license covers the code to the compiler and other executables,
but explicitly does not cover any code or objects generated by sdcc.
We have not yet decided on a license for the run time libraries, but
it will not put any requirements on code linked against it. See:

 http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html


Support:
SDCC is a collaborative effort between a group of volunteers.  Please
feel free to report bugs via the Sourceforge bug tracker, or to ask
questions on the user mailing list.  See:

 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=100599&group_id=599&func=browse

 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=599


Notes:
* The hc08, ds400, pic14 and pic16 are currently experimental, but work is in
progress. Please check http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/snap.php for snapshots.
* The TININative, gbz80, avr and xa51 ports are no longer maintained.

Roadmap:
COPYING		- GPL v2
as/		- Assembler, derrived from asxxxx
debugger/
device/		- Device libraries and examples
doc/		- sdcc and port specific documentation
link/		- Linker, also derrived from asxxxx
sim/		- Simulator (mcs51 only)
src/		- Source to the C compiler and ports
support/	- Libraries and apps that may not be provided by your system.


Authors and interested persons:
* Sandeep Dutta (sandeep AT users.sourceforge.net)

* Daniel Drotos       <drdani AT mazsola.iit.uni-miskolc.hu>
* Jean Loius-VERN     <jlvern AT writeme.com>
* Johan Knol          <johan.knol AT iduna.nl>
* Karl Bongers        <karl AT turbobit.com>
* Kevin Vigor         <kevin AT vigor.nu>
* Scott Dattalo       <scott AT dattalo.com>
* Jesus Calvino-Fraga <jesusc AT ece.ubc.ca>
* Hans-Juergen Dorn   <hans.dorn AT apl-landau.de>
* Daniel Drotos       <drdani AT mazsola.lit.uni.miskolc.hu>
* Frieder Ferlemann   <frieder.ferlemann AT web.de>
* Klaus Flittner      <klaus_flittner AT gmx.de>
* Bernhard Held       <bernhard AT bernhardheld.de>
* Erik Petrich        <epetrich AT ivorytower.norman.ok.us>
* Borut Razem         <borut.razem AT siol.net>
* Vangelis Rokas      <vrokas AT otenet.gr>
* Paul Stoffregen     <paul AT pjrc.com>
* Michael Hope        <michaelh AT juju.net.nz> <nz_michaelh AT yahoo.com>

SDCC includes code from:
* Alan Baldwin      <baldwin AT shop-pdp.kent.edu>
   Initial version of ASXXXX and  ASLINK. 
* John Hartman      <jhartman AT compuserve.com>
   Porting ASXXX and ASLINK for 8051.
* Dmitry S. Obukhov <dso AT usa.net>
   malloc and serial I/O routines.
* Pascal Felber
   Some of the Z80 related files are borrowed from the Gameboy
   Development Kit (GBDK).