millfork/README.md

Millfork

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

Distributed under GPLv3 (see LICENSE)

UNDER DEVELOPMENT, NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE

For binary releases, see: https://github.com/KarolS/millfork/releases (latest: 0.2.2)

Features

• multiple targets:

  • Commodore 64 (the primary target)

  • Commodore 64 with SuperCPU (experimental, incomplete and very buggy)

  • Commodore 16 and Plus/4

  • Commodore 128

  • Commodore 64/128 running LUnix/LNG 0.21 (experimental)

  • Commodore PET

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

  • Famicom/NES (the second most important target)

  • Atari 2600 (experimental)

  • Atari 8-bit computers

  • BBC Micro

  • Apple II+/IIe/Enhanced IIe

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

More info

• Documentation

• Example programs

Planned features

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

• support for 65816, SuperFamicom/SNES and Apple IIgs