C compilers for PDP-11 - was Re: Fwd: is there any word processing software for the pdp11?

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On Wed, Dec 3, 2014, at 04:38, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2014-12-03 02:05, Toby Thain wrote:
> > On 02/12/14 1:26 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> >> On 2014-12-02 14:20, Mark Wickens wrote:
> >>> Is there any general agreement on what the 'best' programming
> >>> language is
> >>> for PDP-11 ...
> >>
> >> Pick and choose. Why not C? Although the code generated by the PDP-11 C
> >> isn't the best I've seen.
> >
> > *Which* PDP-11 C?
> 
> I was explicitly thinking of the DEC PDP-11 C compiler here. DECUS C 
> actually generates better code than PDP-11 C, but DECUS C is a rather 
> weird K&R, while PDP-11 C is pretty much full ANSI.

What about UNIX C? Though, that's also K&R.