8c is for Plan9's C dialect.
Look into /sys/doc/ape.ps


2012/11/21 Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net>

> I'am trying (again) to build svn for plan9 native.
>
> 8c is blowing up with the error:
>
>         bad in naddr: NAME cache_init_state
>
> the offending like is:
>
>   static volatile svn_atomic_t cache_init_state = 0;
>
> Is this legal c code, static and volatile?
>
> if it is anyone any ideas how to fix 8c - compilers are a closed book to
> me.
>
> -Steve
>
>