hcc is a portable optimizing compiler for ANSI C [8] [9] with code gen
erators for the PowerPC and the MIMOS's RISC CPU. The PowerPC is a RIS
C processor developed jointly by IBM, Motorola, and Apple Computer amo
ng others in 1993, while the MIMOS's RISC CPU is an experimental 32-bi
t RISC processor. At the moment the compiler can be used to program Po
werPC based computers including the PowerMacintoshes and the IBM RS600
0 PowerPC based workstations.