BDS C

BDS C ( BD Software C Compiler) is a compiler for a subset of the C programming language and was for floppy - based computer systems with 8080 - and Z80 - CPU, operating system, CP / M and at least 32 KB of free available RAM memory designed.

The purposely small compiler corresponded to the functions only partially by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie in The C Programming Language ( German: Programming in C) defined I / O standard library and used at least initially, also differently named header files, for example, bdscio.h instead of stdio.h. The benefits of BDS C lay in the very fast compilation and the very low RAM memory requirements of executables.

History

BDS C was developed in 1979 by the then 20 -year-old Leor Zolman, first to publish the code in the American computer magazine BYTE. Finally, the compiler system was still on the market after it had become too large for a magazine and is also looming market opportunities. Overall, more than 50,000 licensed copies were sold. In addition, many unlicensed copies were in use.

He had with its limited benefits a total of only modest market success. For example, a little later available under CP / M compiler package Aztec C was designed closer to the standard and professional. In September 2002, Leor Zolman gave up all rights to BDS C and handed the complete package in the Public Domain.

Swell

• The BD Software C Compiler ( BDS C)
• Interview with Leor Zolman