10 May
2024
10 May
'24
10:22 p.m.
On 5/10/24 14:44, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
C didn't enter my world until I started running
FreeBSD in the late 90's
where it was essentially part of the OS. I remember paying $600 bucks AUD
for a Borland C compiler running under Windows, but the whole concept of
writing a simple app was insane.
As of about 1984, Microsoft recommended Lattice C. (Still have my
two-floppy compiler). One had to be keenly aware of the architecture
and what the compiler was doing, but at least it was easier than
assembly and a bit more portable.
Various C implementations, like 1960s FORTRAN implementations, could be
all over the map. It wasn't until C90 that we had some sort of real
standard.
I remember that on Usenet, in the early 80s, I think it was Brian
Kernighan ran a newsgroup for C (could have been Dennis Ritchie). One
of the infrequent posts I recall was "What does this statement do?".
There were several "Undefined" situations.
--Chuck