millfork/README.md

Millfork

A middle-level programming language targeting 6502-based microcomputers.

Distributed under GPLv3 (see LICENSE)

UNDER DEVELOPMENT, NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE

Features

• multiple targets:

  • Commodore 64 (the primary target)

  • Commodore 16 and Plus/4

  • Commodore 128

  • Commodore PET

  • Commodore Vic-20 (stock or with RAM extensions)

  • Atari 8-bit computers

• inline assembly

• 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 optimizer (that will even optimize your hand-written assembly if you ask it to)

Planned features

• multi-part programs

• more targets: Famicon/NES, BBC Micro/Electron, Oric computers, Apple II, PC-Engine/Turbografx-16, Atari Lynx

• a better optimizer