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z88dk vs. SDCC C compilers : I was right to stick with SDCC
18 January 2011, 7:08 pm

My personal conclusion thanks to my own experience with z88dk and SDCC was that SDCC produced much better code than z88dk. Today I got confirmation from one of the z88dk authors here : "sdcc currently generates code which in general is smaller and faster than the one generated by z88dk [...] it does support a more complete subset of standard C compared to z88dk. It is actively maintained (releases about once a year) and keeps improving.". Don't get me wrong : competition is good and actually benefits to both projects. Still - basically it's a fact that today SDCC is the best C compiler available for Z80 developments.

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[arnoldemu]

z88dk vs. SDCC C compilers : I was right to stick with SDCC
18 January 2011, 7:08 pm

My personal conclusion thanks to my own experience with z88dk and SDCC was that SDCC produced much better code than z88dk. Today I got confirmation from one of the z88dk authors here : "sdcc currently generates code which in general is smaller and faster than the one generated by z88dk [...] it does support a more complete subset of standard C compared to z88dk. It is actively maintained (releases about once a year) and keeps improving.". Don't get me wrong : competition is good and actually benefits to both projects. Still - basically it's a fact that today SDCC is the best C compiler available for Z80 developments.

Source: NoRecess {the website} - Blog

I believe that z88dk are planning to use sdcc compiler for their next release.
So the competition will be gone, but it will then support their libraries.

[norecess]

Yeah I just hope SDCC will remain as a stand-alone team..