From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C3D721BEF for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2024 00:24:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 085A243125; Fri, 8 Mar 2024 09:24:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ej1-x62d.google.com (mail-ej1-x62d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::62d]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 452DB43112 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2024 09:24:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ej1-x62d.google.com with SMTP id a640c23a62f3a-a446b5a08f0so269167866b.1 for ; Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:24:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1709853864; x=1710458664; darn=tuhs.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=UIbJkbB1xw8e7FZtavUFwpEG6ZaNcro4qP+aP2IafLY=; b=Hi2az3L/jEYhQn4Gu7wvdssV843o+iim1EjnlERqBzpU1OeWLM/S2dI2GZET0eb7/K QjLt/ntM+7Fm9RdBl9JMS1ZMnhYbwki5N6aKOvhBAErI2Gdna5BCre4ev1P4ebHsiyEc VYq+3nkFaVzggfxsoubM+BU2kHaky1sEbkKC/qz4AUvndfk7zvPNt9MJdbaZ3kpQyAPz El2ffpad9NgQ5h1k1zWEZm+qw+A7QGTpY7kFFtXgWHIZAUJm/cnUtjiNuk/6E7ybdtdp Qhpn1NQHqbyaKPgJMyWtDFiPdKeNuaysE4eX1TP7HTbGZqcwTZlwEHQGR7k8UFBSDPgT bFqw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1709853864; x=1710458664; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=UIbJkbB1xw8e7FZtavUFwpEG6ZaNcro4qP+aP2IafLY=; b=pcyHZA0afAYaAecR3oyGp1Fmrp+nRWpXhvEANrh0PZf0PL7q5dZ6BiKRjVUc7+iP8h 3mSvO/rWUTqGRv3zdQPjW+6v01TnNtkBNaLutdnUZIuGD58U4tq6OTG/ahHxsTlrXeug UB6aRsaUmerOPaGmupKLvveVsuNBjcQnxuS4pXg9wa/Oso8xsMnJWxjWXtS2VKNle7/H bzOfenmuz0ZpabhXOXWTnprW3R5hnGaCSz5svGDRJgOtQ7lGk0CzCuYhdkryfkyFPUtY kk4xrrFMfAIx7gnX0OGddSJrYng1SXNob8L0DP3eAOtwhttPwrfKemwzixXjwdj8olEj GoDQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwVRGDOs5YcvJ9Ge1ylXf8KS23JeKIX+JX9TAl9yFAJWPF2tndr mLq7Adko3xhOoXNmfE/wauuhkvpGC3pm0zacoBtOk2ZY0t790NENb5RdnXRT6RSaLxJFj13NFh0 GTZXA2VSmxrnNRkLn60uJYZbJsJBmB1bRK0uhl+BoHC5hwzqgvwE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IF8VxkWj5uAAr9WTHDqYsCKL7Wm42/+Pj8gPNDvyIntVxyhwj2q3NEcSzFMWf7LT1x+ixtC9/P0+FY3JDhdmWo= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:3750:b0:a45:a716:3dce with SMTP id e16-20020a170906375000b00a45a7163dcemr2413034ejc.35.1709853861718; Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:24:21 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Warner Losh Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 15:24:10 -0800 Message-ID: To: Tom Lyon Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000000bc7ad06131a6038" Message-ID-Hash: WGNI4SFVXKZOZ5WLPVJDIK4VJCVOAJBM X-Message-ID-Hash: WGNI4SFVXKZOZ5WLPVJDIK4VJCVOAJBM X-MailFrom: wlosh@bsdimp.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: TUHS main list X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: History of non-Bell C compilers? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000000bc7ad06131a6038 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 7, 2024, 4:14=E2=80=AFPM Tom Lyon wrote: > For no good reason, I've been wondering about the early history of C > compilers that were not derived from Ritchie, Johnson, and Snyder at Bell= . > Especially for x86. Anyone have tales? > Were any of those compilers ever used to port UNIX? > MIT had several that were used for ka9q and at least the Venix x86 port. They supported the popular micros of the time. Various versions of them survive to the present day. Warner > --0000000000000bc7ad06131a6038 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Thu, Mar 7, 2024, 4:14=E2=80=AFPM Tom Lyon <pugs78@gmail.com> wrote:
For no good reason, I've = been wondering about the early history of C compilers that were not derived= from Ritchie, Johnson, and Snyder at Bell.=C2=A0 Especially for x86.=C2=A0= Anyone have tales?
Were any of those compilers ever used to port UNIX?=

MIT had several that were used for ka9q and at least the Venix x8= 6 port. They supported the popular micros of the time. Various versions of = them survive to the present day.

Warner
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