On Mar 23, 2020, at 14:59, arnold(a)skeeve.com wrote:
Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
To answer Ed's question, it came out of
Research, but first as part of the
typesetter support - *i.e.* 'Typesetter C', which was on V6 and PWB
1.0 [the new troff replacement was being written by Brian] .
The troff replacement was somewhat after V7. The troff that shipped with V7
was still only for the CAT.
Yes, "Typesetter C" was to accommodate the C Version of troff written
by Ossana and I checked the source, it doesn't use stdio.
jaap