Computer History Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes - v3.13, by Herong Yang
TCC - Tiny C Compiler
This section provides a quick introduction of Tiny C Compiler developed by Fabrice Bellard in 2002.
Tiny C Compiler (TCC) is small and fast C compiler for x86 machines developed by Fabrice Bellard in 2002. Main features of TCC are:
You can download Windows binary distribution of TCC at http://bellard.org/tcc/.
Here is a session of compiling, linking and executing a simple C program with TCC on a Windows system:
herong> type hello.c #include <stdio.h> main() { printf("Hello world!\n"); } herong> \local\tcc\tcc -c hello.c -o hello.o -v tcc version 0.9.24 -> hello.c <- hello.o herong> \local\tcc\tcc hello.o -o hello.exe -v tcc version 0.9.24 -> hello.o <- hello.exe (1536 bytes) herong> hello.exe Hello world!
Table of Contents
2002 - .NET Framework Developed by Microsoft
1995 - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor Created by Rasmus Lerdorf
1995 - Java Language Developed by Sun Microsystems
1991 - WWW (World Wide Web) Developed by Tim Berners-Lee
1991 - Gopher Protocol Created by a University of Minnesota Team
1984 - X Window System Developed a MIT Team
1984 - Macintosh Developed by Apple Inc.
1983 - "Sendmail" Mail Transfer Agent Developed by Eric Allman
1979 - The Tcsh (TENEX C Shell) Developed by Ken Greer
1978 - Bash (Bourne-Again Shell) Developed by Brian Fox
1978 - The C Shell Developed by Bill Joy
1977 - The Bourne Shell Developed by Stephen Bourne
1977 - Apple II Designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
1976 - vi Text Editor Developed by Bill Joy
1974 - Internet by Vinton Cerf
►1972 - C Language Developed by Dennis Ritchie
Compilation and Execution Process of C Programs
Sample C Program for Arrays and Pointers
Sample C Program for Dynamic Memory Allocation - malloc()
1971 - FTP Protocol Created by Abhay Bhushan
1970 - UNIX Operating System Developed by AT&T Bell Labs