A subset of C . The original compiler, written in C by Ron Cain, appeared in Dr. Dobb's Journal. James E. Hendrix improved and extended the original compiler and published "The Small-C Handbook". Both these compilers produced 8080 assembly code .
A Small-C compiler based on RatC produced 6502 assembly code for the BBC Microcomputer . It was written in Small-C and bootstrap ped using Zorland C on an Amstrad PC1512 under MS-DOS 3.2, then transferred onto a BBC Micro using Kermit . The compiler can be used to cross-compile 6502 code from an MS-DOS host, or as a resident Small-C compiler on a BBC Micro. It runs on 68000 , 6809 , VAX , 8080 , BBC Micro and Zilog Z80 .
Posted to comp.sources.unix volume 5.
ftp://apple.com/ArchiveVol1/Unix_lang .
["Small-C"?, Ron Cain, Dr. Dobb's Journal, May 1980, Dec 1982?]
["The Small-C Handbook," James Hendrix, Reston 1984, ISBN 0-8359-7012-4].
(1989-01-05)