How are Development Kits for portables made?

[10$man]

Ok, I don't really know how to expand more on this question then how did the people who made PSPSDK or GBDK or some other development kit do it?
Is it a complete compiler or just a set of libraries?

Any information or links you can give me would be great!
Sorry if I didn't clarify well

[nisarg_kolhe]

For PSP, its like a CPU with a UMD Drive and maybe some kind of SDK loaded on it. It looks like this-


No idea about DS/3DS though...

[10$man]

I'm sorry, that's pretty interesting but not exactly what I meant.

I mean the programming side. Not actual hardware.
Is the PSPSDK a C compiler packaged with PSP libraries or is it a whole new compiler based off C?

[m0skit0]

how did the people who made PSPSDK or GBDK or some other development kit do it?

Reversing and writing code.

Is it a complete compiler or just a set of libraries?

On most cases, it's a modification of GCC that's used. GCC is already available for most architectures, so you just need to tune it a bit for the desired architecture.

Is the PSPSDK a C compiler packaged with PSP libraries or is it a whole new compiler based off C?

Compiler based off C? This sentence makes no sense. I suggest you learning about how programming actually works.

[10$man]

On most cases, it's a modification of GCC that's used. GCC is already available for most architectures, so you just need to tune it a bit for the desired architecture.

Alright, thank you. That's all I was looking for.

Compiler based off C? This sentence makes no sense. I suggest you learning about how programming actually works.

Oh, it really does make sense.
A compiler based of C would use the same interface and commands that the C programming language uses.
Perhaps you thought it didn't make sense because I mistaked C for a compiler instead of a programming language.
I am aware of how programming works, I have been at it for quite some time now.

[m0skit0]

A compiler based of C would use the same interface and commands that the C programming language uses.

I didn't think you mistake compiler with programming language. I'm guessing you mean to write a C compiler in C language. You cannot write a C compiler in C language without having another previous C compiler to compile with. This is why I said it made no sense.

[10$man]

A compiler based of C would use the same interface and commands that the C programming language uses.

I didn't think you mistake compiler with programming language. I'm guessing you mean to write a C compiler in C language. You cannot write a C compiler in C language without having another previous C compiler to compile with. This is why I said it made no sense.

Why would someone make a C compiler in C when they already have a C compiler ...
My question was supposed to mean did someone create a compiler that used the C language. I didn't mean to specify what language the compiler was wrote in, only what language it would compile.

Sorry for the misunderstanding and thank you for your help!

[m0skit0]

The problem is your sentence:

a compiler that used the C language

This makes no sense. You just have to say: C compiler.

Why would someone make a C compiler in C when they already have a C compiler ...

Well, FYI GCC is written in C (and most C compilers are actually written in C).

[10$man]

The problem is your sentence:

a compiler that used the C language

This makes no sense. You just have to say: C compiler.

Why would someone make a C compiler in C when they already have a C compiler ...

Well, FYI GCC is written in C (and most C compilers are actually written in C).

Actually it does make sense, you just don't like how I said it.

I guess that's a good point.

[m0skit0]

First, your english is not very "polished" ( ), so you should definitely try to learn how things are said.

No, it does not make sense, it's not said that way, and it's not understandable. Did you mean a C compiler? Did you mean a compiler for X language made in C? Did you mean a C compiler made in C? That's why there's a standard way of saying things, since language is for communicating with other people. There are rules so we can understand each other easily.

TL;DR: It's "C compiler", not "a compiler that used the C language". Period.