17 Oct
2011
17 Oct
'11
2:40 p.m.
From: ben
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 6:51 PM
Did the PDP-10 have a good C complier?
No.
Well, KCC (originally Kok Chen's C, written at SUMEX-AIM, then later
improved by Ken Harrenstien at SRI) is probably as good as a K&R C can
get on the architecture. I offended Ken once by commenting on the code
quality, but we're still friends.
The GCC port paid for by XKL was never completed, as far as I know.
Rich Alderson
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