[TUHS] Re: Typesetter C Compiler and Troff (Re: Re: v6 Unix Documents)

[Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>]

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Exactly -- remember Dennis and Brian wrote K&R in 1978 on V6, not PWB and
not V7 (or anything from Summit like TS).  When Brian's typesetter
independent troff was released, that updated language was needed.   That
was what we referred to as "typesetter C".  Brian and Dennis would have put
together that kit.   My >>guess<< is that Mashey et al. and the Summit
folks forked Dennis compiler somewhere before this time -- so what got
packaged with the typesetter kit vs what got packed with Mashey and the
team's kit are close but >>slightly<< different.
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On Sun, Dec 1, 2024 at 10:49 AM Ron Natalie <ron@ronnatalie.com> wrote:

> Agreed, the typesetter C ran on a virgin V6 system.   That was the whole
> point.   It came out before most of us got real V7s.
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From "Noel Chiappa" <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
> To tuhs@tuhs.org
> Cc jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
> Date 11/30/2024 11:21:31 PM
> Subject [TUHS] Re: Typesetter C Compiler and Troff (Re: Re: v6 Unix
> Documents)
>
> >     > From:
> >
> >     > I was able to rebuild both the UNSW and the native PWB compiler on
> PWB
> >     > 1.0, but not to backport either to vanilla v6.
> >
> >Any idea what the problem was? I'm curious, because we ran a version of
> the
> >Typesetter compiler on the MIT systems, which ran an enhanced V6.
> >
> >          Noel
> >
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