From: Paul Winalski <paul.winalski@gmail.com>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] DEC compilers (was Happy birthday, John Backus!)
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 11:24:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABH=_VTsixrXYL4LNEej9DtwV_TzErw6D=EZLTMAD64aYEA4mg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Another DEC compiler that I forgot was the original C compiler for
Tru64 Unix on the Alpha. This was done at the DECwest facility in
Seattle (which originally had been set up by Dave Cutler). It was a
very strict implementation of the ANSI C89 standard--it had no
extensions such as K&R support. One customer called it the "Rush
Limbaugh of C compilers" because it was extremely conservative and you
couldn't argue with it.
-Paul W.
next reply other threads:[~2018-12-05 16:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-05 16:24 Paul Winalski [this message]
2018-12-05 16:46 ` Paul Winalski
2018-12-05 17:06 ` Warner Losh
2018-12-05 17:58 ` Clem Cole
2018-12-05 18:16 ` Paul Winalski
2018-12-05 18:26 ` Henry Bent
2018-12-05 18:46 ` Clem Cole
2018-12-05 18:56 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2018-12-05 19:15 ` Paul Winalski
2018-12-05 21:35 ` Arrigo Triulzi
2018-12-07 19:03 ` Paul Winalski
2018-12-05 19:13 Norman Wilson
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