What is the best cross compiler for AT89S8252?

i have written an assembly language code for the IC AT89S8252...........what is the best crosscompiler for this IC???...................which is the preferred one??.......................CURRENTLY i am using METALINK 8051 assembler.

Re: cross compiler

Hello Joe,
I'm not familiar with the Metalink compiler. I do know that the Keil compiler is a good optimizing compiler. But it is a commercial product.
I currently use the BSO/Tasking compiler, which works fine. I don't think that switching to Keil would save me more than 5 to 10% in code space.

If you are on a low budget, you may consider the SDCC compiler.
It is a PD project on sdcc.sourceforge.net.
It is free for download.
It generates fair code. The list of optimization is quite impressive:
* Sub-expression Elimination
* Dead-Code Elimination
* Copy-Propagation
* Loop Optimizations
* Loop Reversing
* Algebraic Simplifications
* 'switch' Statements
* Bit-shifting Operations.
* Bit-rotation
* Nibble and Byte Swapping
* Highest Order Bit / Any Order Bit
* Higher Order Byte / Higher Order Word
* Peephole Optimizer

If you want to improve on speed, forget about the 8051 architecture and go
for a better processor. But I quest it is too late for that......
I prefer the Renesas H8 since it is very efficient for C. The processor can do
8, 16 and even 32 bit arthmetic on register operands. That really helps.