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 bootstrapped 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.

["The Small-C Handbook," James Hendrix, Reston 1984, ISBN 0-8359-7012-4].

(1989-01-05)