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This page is about Sphinx Full C--, not about [http://www.cminusminus.org/index.html C--], the portable assembly language.

 

Sphinx Full C-- language is in between the [[C|C language]] and x86-assembly. It is a very neat computer language and the Shinx Full C-- compiler allows to produce (and mix) 16 bit and 32 bit code for real and protected modes.

 

* good for writing real mode x86 operating systems;

* good for writing TSR programs for DOS

* relatively easy to port from and to C-with-assembly.

 

* not portable; it is very closely tied to the x86 assembly;

* is developed by few developers, the community is small; has less users than gcc so more may have more bugs;

Early versions of [[User:Adek336|panaLiX]] used Sphinx Full C--.

 

byte x = 0b01001;

word y;

#define THIS_A_DEFINITION 123

 

dword old0x21 = {};

interrupt int0x21()

ESBYTE[0x1b8005]= 127;

 

void PRINTF()

{

}

 

byte readDisk(byte drive, head, sector, track, howmany; word segm, offs)

int err;

}

 

...

?code32 false

@setup_pic(0x20, 0x28);

...

 

These snippets may seem a bit spaghetti code, but not because of some language defficiency but because I didn't look very far for them snippets.

 

* [http://c--sphinx.narod.ru/indexe.htm the compilers website]