GNU C compiler

[elh at vu-vlsi.UUCP]

In article <2806 at mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU>, phr at mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU (Paul Rubin) writes:
> I just ran the notorious Dhrystone benchmark through the GNU C
> compiler and compared the results with the Unix compiler.  They
> generally favor GCC. 

How/where can I get information about the GNU C compiler?  Is it a re-targetable
compiler (like pcc)?

I would like to create a C compiler for a RISC architecture which I have
been looking at and currently only have pcc available to me... Would the GNU
C compiler be easier, etc. to use? How does one specify the target machine?

Also, does anyone know of a public domain event driven behavioral simulator
which may be available...We currently have ISPS and Slang, but would like
something like Verilog or equivalent.  Unfortunately we don't have the
$$ for a good commercial grade mixed-mode simulator..... I have been
working on upgrading my PhD thesis (a behavioral simulator from a number
of years back...) but would rather spend my time on the architecture, not
the tools needed to explore it...

Thanks,

Ed Hepler   Adjunct Prof.  Villanova University, Villanova, Pa.
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