From: Jarmo Raiha <jarmo AT ksvltd DOT fi>
Subject: Re: Making a C Compiler?
To: turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp (Stephen Turnbull)
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 10:13:20 +0200 (GMT+0200)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, early AT finite DOT nrl DOT navy DOT mil

> The big picture is that flat memory model is embedded everywhere in
> the GCC suite.  If it's not flat memory (ie segment registers etc)
> you're going to have big trouble.
> 
> I'm also afraid that 32-bit-ness is presumed throughout.  Ie, there is
> not going to be a retargeting of the GCC compiler to build DOS
However there exist a gcc port to motorola hc6811. hc6811 is a 8 bit machine
with few 16 bit extensions. I don't know anything else but I have
seen it.
Then there is a retargetable compiler 'lcc' (ftp.cs.princeton.edu if my
memory serves) It's code generation interface is fairly well documented.

Jarmo