From: Warren Toomey <wkt@tuhs.org>
To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] execl and execv, first appearance in unix
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:44:34 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200322214434.GB13820@minnie.tuhs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfqtrWKsf3tQtSQvyRS=tkeUSkxxO9+vdokX4EJQ=egKQg@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 02:49:03PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 2:20 PM Warren Toomey <[1]wkt@tuhs.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 09:58:29AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> > "from a working C compiler for 2nd Edition UNIX."
> > Does anybody know for sure, or can provide more insight into the
> last1120c.tar.g
> > z file to help disambiguate?
> Yes, all the details are on Dennis' web page:
> [2]https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/primevalC.html
>
> Magic historical 8-ball sez: situation unclear, try again.
> So could be 2nd, 3rd or 4th edition given the date range.
Someone from the Labs here on the list might be able to clarify. I'm sure
I heard that they start with the PDP-11/20 and got an 11/45 around the time
of Second Edition. So the "last1120c" was the C compiler around the time of
Second Edition.
Cheers, Warren
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-22 21:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-22 15:58 Warner Losh
2020-03-22 20:20 ` Warren Toomey
2020-03-22 20:49 ` Warner Losh
2020-03-22 21:44 ` Warren Toomey [this message]
2020-03-22 22:03 ` Warner Losh
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