Definitive comparison between SDCC and z88dk...

[Mochilote]

Hi, i have prepared a comparison of the two compilers which I think is interesting:


SDCC vs z88dk: Comparing size and speed of the binaries generated for Amstrad CPC


Regards.

[arnoldemu]

Hi, i have prepared a comparison of the two compilers which I think is interesting:


SDCC vs z88dk: Comparing size and speed of the binaries generated for Amstrad CPC


Regards.

nice comparison.

btw blue angel 69 used z88dk and interrupts
but if I use c again I will use sdcc.

[Mochilote]

btw blue angel 69 used z88dk and interrupts

I do not say that interruptions do not work, I say they are disabled by default and therefore can not use certain things, like KL TIME PLEASE and also works differently in different versions of z88dk.
I had a interesting conversation with z88dk developers on this issue, take a look at this post: http://www.z88dk.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4855


regards.

[arnoldemu]

I do not say that interruptions do not work, I say they are disabled by default and therefore can not use certain things, like KL TIME PLEASE and also works differently in different versions of z88dk.
I had a interesting conversation with z88dk developers on this issue, take a look at this post: http://www.z88dk.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4855


regards.

ok sorry I was confused about this.

[Mochilote]

ok sorry I was confused about this.

Do not worry, I modified the paragraph as it was not well understood (by several people):

• Interrupts are always disabled in z88dk when starting our program, causing some firmware features may not work correctly as KL TIME PLEASE (BD0D), This bug has already been notified and accepted by the z88dk development team and behaves differently in version 1.8, 1.9 and the current betas.

[Optimus]

That was very interesting!


I was thinking about testing other C compilers so that maybe they performed better than SDCC and I wasn't aware. But now I know that SDCC is definitely the best choice and I don't need to try z88dk or others yet (except if they are improved dramatically in the future).


Thanks for the comparisons!