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The '''Small Device C Compiler''' ('''SDCC''') is a [[free-software]], partially [[Retargetable compiler|retargetable]]<ref>Rainer Leupers, Peter Marwedel: "Retargetable Compiler Technology for Embedded Systems: Tools and Applications", page 126. Springer, 2001</ref> [[C (programming language)|C]] [[compiler]] for 8-bit [[microcontroller]]s. It is distributed under the [[GNU General Public License]]. The package also contains an [[assembly language|assembler]], [[Linker (computing)|linker]], [[simulator]] and [[debugger]]. As of March 2007, SDCC is thea onlypopular open-source C compiler for [[Intel 8051]]-compatible microcontrollers.<ref>
According to a [[Google]] search for: [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=8051+open+source+C+compiler&btnG=Search 8051 open source C compiler]
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[https://books.google.com/books?id=OlfXVIclwnAC "Open-Source Robotics and Process Control Cookbook: Designing and Building Robust, Dependable Real-time Systems"]: "Worse still, the only halfway decent open-source C compiler for the 8051 (sdcc) is exactly that—only halfway decent."
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{{cite book |author=Lewin A. R. W. Edwards |url=https://archive.org/details/pdfy-MKFMCCNbqENoR3Ft |title=So, You Wanna be an Embedded Engineer: The Guide to Embedded Engineering, from Consultancy to the Corporate Ladder |date=2006 |page=51}}
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In 2011 the compiler was downloaded on average more than 200 times per day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/?group_id=599&ugn=sdcc&type=&mode=alltime |title= Usage Statistics For Small Device C Compiler |author=SourceForge |access-date=2010-02-16}}</ref>