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A computer system for model helicopter flight control: technical memo Nr. 6: the Oberon compiler for the strong-ARM processor

Wirth, 1999

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We describe a compiler, and in particular its generated code, translating from Oberon to binary code for the Strong− ARM RISC processor. It is a very compact single− pass system (< 50K bytes). Compiled modules are linked and down− loaded into the embedded …
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