From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 213ed7de for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:18:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id ACE039CB78; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:18:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C0DD9CB7A; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:18:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DDE1E9CB79; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:18:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DC879CB78 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:18:02 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 01LAHqWx032126 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 21 Feb 2020 03:17:53 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 01LAHpfN032125; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 03:17:51 -0700 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202002211017.01LAHpfN032125@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 03:17:51 -0700 To: thomas.paulsen@firemail.de, merlyn@geeks.org References: <202002180017.01I0HI0I1415945@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <20200219044444.GO30841@mcvoy.com> <615399517.295857.1582135972871@email.ionos.co.uk> <20200220234501.GB85208@geeks.org> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] man Macro Package and pdfmark X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" "Thomas Paulsen" wrote: > >SunOS's compiler that shipped with it wasn't that usable. It didn't > >fully support the C standards at the time. > >It was used primarily for two things.... > >*) To bootstrap GCC so one had a usable compiler to build packages. > > so this can only be true for later not to say final days of sun-o2, > as gcc wasn't available before. > > Was it Stephen's pcc or Dennis CC? It was PCC based. Once PCC became available with V7, it was used for porting pretty universally. The 'P' stood for "portable" after all; it was explicitly designed for retargeting. Arnold