millfork/README.md

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# Millfork

A middle-level programming language targeting 6502-based, 8080-based and Z80-based microcomputers. 

For binary releases, see: https://github.com/KarolS/millfork/releases
(latest: 0.3.2)

## Features

* high performance, due to being designed and optimized for 8-bit microprocessors

* multiple targets:

    * Commodore 64 (the primary target)
    
    * Commodore 64 with SuperCPU (experimental, incomplete and very buggy)
    
    * other Commodore computers: C16, Plus/4, C128, PET, VIC-20 (stock or with RAM extensions)
    
    * Famicom/NES (the second most important target)
    
    * Atari 8-bit computers
    
    * BBC Micro
    
    * Apple II+/IIe/Enhanced IIe
    
    * ZX Spectrum 48k
    
    * NEC PC-88
    
    * Amstrad CPC
    
    * MSX
    
    * CP/M
    
    * Atari 2600 (experimental)
    
    * Game Boy (experimental)
    
    * MS-DOS (very experimental, via 8080-to-8086 translation)

* inline assembly

* simple macros

* pay only for what you use: not a single byte of memory is used unless for code or explicitly declared variables

* simple memory model that avoids using the stack

* multi-pass whole-program optimizer (that will even optimize your hand-written assembly if you ask it to)

## Licensing

The compiler is distributed under GPLv3 (see [LICENSE](LICENSE)).

The standard include files (located in the `include` directory) are distributed under a more permissive Zlib license (see [include/LICENSE](include/LICENSE)).
Therefore, no attribution is needed if you are developing and distributing Millfork programs.

## More info

* [Documentation](docs/index.md)

* [Example programs](examples/README.md)

## Planned features

* stdlib improvements

* more 6502 targets: Oric computers, PC-Engine/Turbografx-16, Atari Lynx

* more Z80 targets: TI-83, Sega Master System
 
* better support for 65816, Intel 8080, Sharp LR35902 and eZ80

* support for Gameboy, SuperFamicom/SNES and Apple IIgs