2014-10-23 17:54:06 +02:00
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obcpl (BCPL compiler)
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This is an x86 (IA-32) port of the "classic" old BCPL compiler (around
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1980) from the Tripos Research Group at Cambridge University.
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2020-10-13 06:48:17 +02:00
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As a real, working computer language implementation, that can be
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studied, modified, and played with, this old BCPL compiler has a good
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deal to recommend it. The compiler frontend consists of only about
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2000 lines of BCPL code, and (as supplied here) compiles to a static
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(fully-linked) x86 binary that is less than 36000 bytes in size.
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2014-10-23 17:54:06 +02:00
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x86_64 note: obcpl doesn't require multilib on Slackware64. It only
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generates 32-bit x86 code, but the binaries it creates are 100%
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statically linked, and will run fine on Slackware64 without multlib.
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2021-09-06 20:21:04 +02:00
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The package includes:
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- The BCPL compiler itself (/usr/bin/obcpl and the support files in
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/usr/lib(64)?/obcpl)
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- The utilities:
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- obcpl-cmpltest: compiler test
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- obcpl-gpm: macro generator
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- obcpl-xref: cross referencer
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- The sources for the utilities
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- Example code (Hello World and a factorial calculator)
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- The obcpl documentation, including manual.txt and standard.txt
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See also:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCPL
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https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mr10/bcplman.pdf
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