New evaluation version of C6808 (version 3.0)
C6808We've updated our popular evaluation version of C6808. It features the same optimization and code generation as the full version, subject only to the same minor limits as before: maximum 4K program bytes (HC(S)08) and 512 program bytes (RS08).
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C Traps
Submitted by Kirk Zurell on Fri, 2008-07-25 18:10. CC Traps and Pitfalls by Andrew Koenig is an interesting compilation of C-isms: quirks of the C language that can impact the programs you write.
Reading C type declarations
Submitted by Kirk Zurell on Fri, 2008-07-18 13:21. CThis article gives a plain-language way to read type declarations.
Loop Unrolling
Submitted by Walter Banks on Thu, 2008-04-24 14:01. C languageThis is the start of an interesting discussion on loop unrolling as a compiler optimization. I summed up our thinking on it:
Application code usually was very clear and almost always right
in their timing choice of straight line vs loop implementation. Rolling
up straight line code and unrolling loops more often than not
interfered with a conscience choice a developer made.
A volatile topic
Submitted by Kirk Zurell on Thu, 2008-03-20 15:43. C languageHere's an interesting writeup about the C keyword volatile.
CERT C Secure Coding Standard - last call for reviewers
Submitted by Walter Banks on Thu, 2008-03-20 15:22. C languageWe're reprinting a call for the C community to review the current version of the CERT C Secure Coding Standard. Secure coding is the practice of avoiding security exploits through more rigorous control of the sources, methods, and products of compilation.
CERT's wiki has a lot of well-thought-out information in it.
Subject: CERT C Secure Coding Standard - last call for reviewers
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:02:10 -0400
From: Robert Seacord rcs@sei.cmu.edu
Organization: Software Engineering Institute
"Linguistic Variables: Clear Thinking with Fuzzy Logic" in Toronto
Submitted by Walter Banks on Mon, 2008-03-03 20:04. events | Fuzz-C | fuzzy logic | press releaseWalter Banks will be speaking on Fuzzy Logic in Toronto in May. The seminar will be held by the Signals and Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter of IEEE Toronto.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., location to be announced.
C for RS08 is here
C6808 | RS08
RS08 support is now shipping in C6808. Contact sales@bytecraft.com for more information or to place an order.
Fixed Point Converter
18037Working with fixed point values? Need to translate fracts between binary and decimal quickly? We have a tool that makes this easy.
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