22 May
2020
22 May
'20
2:17 a.m.
On 2020-05-21 7:57 PM, Richard Salz wrote:
Was the fact that gcc had the "portable" RTL
as an intermediate
representation important? That it was designed to be ported.
And what about John Gilmore making all bsd user it? And the multiple
usenix tutorials?
Regardless of one's opinions on the ubiquity of gcc it wasn't mature and
accessible until at least 10-15 years after C was already popular
(depending how you count).
And gcc is hardly an "easy" compiler project ... to the OP's question.
--Toby