LLVM 10.0-RC3 Released With The Final Expected Soon For This Big Compiler Update

[Raka555]

Why would you really need that much PIC8 compiler ?
8-bitters are used for specialised things these days, where resources are so tight that the use of assembly is the norm.

And, if you really want a compiler, you can use Microchip's in a pinch.

I do use the Microchip compiler.
I also use Jallib : http://justanotherlanguage.org/

It would have been great to target PIC8 with the compiler I am working on, which uses an llvm backend. Hence my interest.

[Brane215]

Why would you really need that much PIC8 compiler ?
8-bitters are used for specialised things these days, where resources are so tight that the use of assembly is the norm.

And, if you really want a compiler, you can use Microchip's in a pinch.

[Raka555]

Unless that someone is you, that seems unlikely, as no one seems to be sufficiently motivated to do so (there was some interest four or five years ago for a new Microchip BE, but as the existing MIPS32 BE worked for the 32bit MCUs, and Microchip itself is focused on the MPLAB IDE, there appears to have never been sufficient motivation in the community).

I figured that much. Unfortunately all my free time is going into a front-end compiler I am working on.

I am actually surprised at how little interest there is in a PIC8/16 back-end.

I guess most people just use Arduino/AVR, which is a pitty since the PIC chips are really nice.

[CommunityMember]

I am still crossing my fingers that someone will add a PIC8 backend (again).

Unless that someone is you, that seems unlikely, as no one seems to be sufficiently motivated to do so (there was some interest four or five years ago for a new Microchip BE, but as the existing MIPS32 BE worked for the 32bit MCUs, and Microchip itself is focused on the MPLAB IDE, there appears to have never been sufficient motivation in the community).

[Raka555]

I am still crossing my fingers that someone will add a PIC8 backend (again).

[phoronix]

Phoronix: LLVM 10.0-RC3 Released With The Final Expected Soon For This Big Compiler Update

LLVM 10.0 was supposed to be released at the end of February but is running slightly behind schedule and now there is a third and unscheduled final release candidate...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LLVM-10.0-RC3-Released